Nation Mother of 8 fights aggressive skin cancer: ‘I won’t sit down to die’ January 10, 2019Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free PressComments Off on Mother of 8 fights aggressive skin cancer: ‘I won’t sit down to die’ A single mom with 8 kids spent New Year's Eve getting chemo. She has skin cancer that has spread, robbing her livelihood, but not her hopes.