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Saoirse was also cranky and vomiting. She had swelling in both her ears and a bulge the size of an egg on her right temple.

Finally, doctors found a tumor in Saoirse's abdomen. She was in stage four of a malignant cancer called neuroblastoma.

The cancer's reach was extensive: It had spread to Saoirse's adrenal glands, bone marrow, ears and throughout her tiny body.

Saoirse's stem cells were collected from her blood after rounds of chemotherapy.

Saoirse needed chemotherapy right away. And Fitzgerald had to continue going to her treatment, too.

So it's surprising to see Heaven and to see what Saoirse was doing and Stanley was doing when I wasn't involved.

The stay-at-home mom was more concerned about Saoirse, then 6 months old.

But I would love to get a nomination, just because it's fun, and I think Saoirse deserves it.

Her doctors are happy with her progress, Saoirse's father said.

Still hooked to a catheter and other tubes, Saoirse hasn't been able to sit up yet.

Talent: Director Joe Wright steered precocious Irish actress Saoirse Ronan to an Oscar nomination in their 2008 period piece Atonement.

They hope Saoirse will follow in her mom's footsteps soon.

When Saoirse has painful procedures, she begs her parents to intervene with mournful eyes.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Emma Thompson's version of the story will star herself, Orlando Bloom and Saoirse Ronan.

Saoirse will also undergo stem cell transplant using her own cells to rescue her bone marrow.