Posted on 08/02/2005 7:19:52 PM PDT by CO Gal
A brain-dead pregnant woman who has been kept on life support for nearly three months to give her fetus more time to develop gave birth to a baby girl Tuesday, the woman's brother-in-law said.
There were no complications during delivery and the baby "is doing well," Justin Torres wrote in an e-mail to The Associated Press.
The baby, Susan Anne Catherine Torres, weighs one pound 13 ounces and is 13 1/2 inches long, he said.
The infant was delivered via caesarean section, the hospital said.
Susan Torres, a 26-year-old researcher at the National Institutes of Health, lost consciousness from a stroke May 7 after aggressive melanoma spread to her brain.
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I came here expecting a sad about the mom but joyful about the baby thread. I should have known better.
She's dead...time to get over it and move on with your life.
Me too Cindy...there are always those who have to create their own special kind of chaos
What would be sick and ghoulish is if the wife had been impregnated after going into a coma. This is not giving up on a life just begun and bringing joy out of sorrow.
Actually the baby will probably do very well and be healthy. Many premature babies are now born at very, very small birthweights and do just fine. I'm not sure where the 'selfishness' is that you mention, or did I read something incorrectly?
My first reaction was sympathy for this poor child who'll in all liklihood grow up without a mother.
Well, I had a mother but still grew up without one, so having a loving family will probably serve her just fine.
Prayer Request for A Tiny Baby
And prayers for the father, who is dealing with overwhelming grief and joy at the same time. May the Lord give him strength and comfort, patience and fortitude!
You're wrong.
Logan's Prayer Warriors...remember the baby and the Mommy we were praying for?
Susan Anne Catherine Torres needs a Logan miracle!!
kayak...THANKS for the ping!!
Amen!
A lot of children grow up, in loving families WITHOUT their mothers...
She'll be told what her Mom did for her when she's older. It is THE ultimate gift ..
Oh, the baby is so small. I so hope this little girl makes it. Doesn't sound like there's any hope for the mom but what a tragedy if the baby is too young to survive. Praying for the best outcome possible. Thanks for the ping/update BG.
Sure hope everyone prays her through this...she's just a tad bigger than Logan was.
That poor Dad.....he's gone through a LOT...HE needs to keep his little girl, too.
Prayers lifted for Susan Anne Catherine Torres.
So? Who's the freak who's messing with the keywords????
If you don't like the fact that this child is alive...let the rest of us rejoice in her life.
Sheeeeeeeeeesh.
My prayers go up for this baby, the mother, and the family. God's protection over the baby. God's comfort and calm for her friends and family. God grant the mother rest.
Blessings,
trussell
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Susan Torres's cancer spread from her brain to her other vital organs. (AP)
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She had hoped for a girl, and at 8:18 a.m. yesterday Susan Anne Catherine Torres was delivered by Caesarean section at Virginia Hospital Center. The newborn weighed 1 pound, 13 ounces and was 13.5 inches long. There were no complications during delivery, and the baby appears healthy, said her uncle, Justin Torres. The hospital confirmed the birth and said the baby is being monitored in the neonatal intensive care unit.
Meanwhile, Susan Torres's husband, Jason, who has slept by his wife's side for three months, who has decorated her room with pictures, held her hand and talked to her, faced the moment he knew would come.
Sometime -- perhaps today or tomorrow, if it hasn't happened already -- his wife's body, full of cancer, will be unhooked from the web of machinery that has kept it going for the past 13 weeks and allowed to die, an end that Jason Torres, other relatives and a team of doctors all agreed was inevitable.
Even as the baby continued to grow during the past several months, Susan Torres's cancer -- melanoma -- grew as well, spreading to her lymph nodes, lungs, liver and other vital organs, relatives said.
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Doctors and family members did not specify why the decision was made to deliver, but that her 26-year-old body had held out this long was beyond what anyone had hoped for in the beginning.
Susan Torres found out she was pregnant in February, and she and Jason, who have a 2-year-old son, Peter, were overjoyed.
Although she had a malformed freckle removed from her arm when she was a teenager, doctors had given her a clean bill of health.
In April, she began complaining of headaches and nausea, symptoms that doctors chalked up to her pregnancy. Then, on May 7, propped up in bed eating dinner, Susan Torres lost consciousness.
At the hospital, doctors told Jason Torres that his wife was brain-dead with no hope of recovery but that there was a slim chance they could keep her body going with machines for the sake of the fetus, which was about 15 weeks old at the time.
:'). It doesn't seem like 2 years ago,
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