Woman battling cancer saves father-in-law from burning home in Colorado [Video]

LAFAYETTE, Colo. (KDVR) — Days after coming home from cancer surgery, a Colorado woman found the strength to save her father-in-law from a house fire.

Back in December, a trip to the doctor for pain ended with a pancreatic cancer diagnosis for Kathy Rodriguez. The wife of nearly 40 years, mother of two and grandmother of four underwent surgery.

Five days after getting released from the hospital post-operation, their house — the one her husband, Robert, grew up in — went up in flames in the middle of the night. 

“I was laying on the couch and I saw a glow hit my face, a huge, huge glow,” Robert said. “It looked like the sun was sitting right on the patio, and it was an inferno.”

Instead …