Longtime Mass. nurse and foster mom of 20+ kids battles ovarian cancer Boston 25 News [Video]

MEDWAY, Mass. — A longtime Massachusetts nurse and foster mom of more than 20 children is battling cancer with the help of the community she has served for decades.

When Shelly Sepulveda was diagnosed with Stage 3 ovarian cancer nearly a year ago, her first thoughts were about her wife Tami and the family they have created – six children, five of them adopted.

“It’s a constant battle, and it is survivorship and fighting for my life,” Shelly told Boston 25 News from her Medway home Friday. “There’s a lot of people going through cancer that don’t have the support. And I do, and I’m lucky. I’m lucky I have the friends and family I have.”

Having met as NICU nurses, Shelly and Tami have been together for 22 years. Along with Shelly’s biological son Sam, the two have fostered more than 20 infants who were all born drug-exposed, as …