This has been an exceptionally hard holiday for 44-year-old Niurka Caraballo de Balbuena and her family.

“My current fight is that I have been diagnosed with cancer,” Caraballo de Balbuena said in Spanish.

Last year, Caraballo de Balbuena — who has two children — was diagnosed with PEComa, a family of rare tumors. She says the disease is not terminal, but it is very aggressive.

The cancer makes it hard for her to climb up the four flights of stairs that lead to her Bronx apartment.

“I have days of crisis that are very difficult. I have practically been left alone after so many people said they would be with me,” Caraballo de Balbuena said.

After five failed treatments, her doctors have been advising her to be placed into Hospice care, but Caraballo de Balbuena says she wants to be with her two kids.

Her daughter, 8-year old Ferni Balbuelna, will soon have to endure the pain of losing another parent before her eyes.

In 2019, Balbuelna’s father, Fernando Balbuena-Flores, jumped in front of an incoming train with his daughter in his arms. Balbuelna miraculously survived with some cuts and bruises, but her father did not.

The NYPD’s Community Affairs Bureau has been supportive of the family since the tragedy.

Currently, Caraballo de Balbuena’s mother, Carmen Fernandez, is in the U.S. on a tourist visa to help take care of the children. Her visa will expire on Jan. 18.

The family is now working on getting her an extension so that they can begin the process of giving her full custody of the children. If the extension is not granted, the family is afraid that the two children may end up in foster care.

Fernandez says her grandson has autism and requires extra care.

“We’ve got to put it in God’s hands. Maybe I’ll be here, but maybe I’ll go before her, but she’s the one who’s sick. I would like, if my daughter is gone, that I have custody of my grandchildren,” Fernandez said in Spanish.

Fernandez added that in 2023, she is praying for a miracle for her family.