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So if she gives the twins, Alexander and Anika, a little more slack nowadays, you can't blame her.
"When the kids are naughty, I think this could be one of my last days left, so as naughty as they're being, I know this is an important day. Because it could be one of my last," Fox said. "Then there are days when they're so damn cute. Those days are really hard. It makes me more emotional to think I won't be here to see them grow into adults.
"I have faith I'll be here for their third birthday and that I'll be here for Christmas, because I really can't fathom not being here. ... I feel totally normal. So to get my mind around the fact that this could take over my body in the next year is really crazy."
Dealing with an extraordinary mix of emotions at one time is something to which Fox has become accustomed. She received her breast cancer diagnosis literally hours before the twins were born on Oct. 10, 2007. Fox, who was relegated to helping the city fire prevention and inspection office because she was eight months pregnant, said she went into work and felt "weird." She went home and was in her driveway when her doctor called her with the biopsy results. She had breast cancer. While she had him on the phone, she told him she felt she was going into labor.
Boston GlobeTeaming up against cancerIt was Christmas in June at Whiskey Park yesterday as "Dollhouse" actress Eliza Dushku, Ben Barnes, and a slew of extras shot a holiday scene for the movie "Valediction," which is filming in the Hub for the next few weeks.
