Posted on 09/12/2005 9:34:08 AM PDT by fr33p3r
Baby Susan Torres Dies From Infection After Miraculous Birth
Arlington, VA (LifeNews.com) -- Little baby Susan Torres died last night after battling a severe infection. She became the subject of international attention after her father decided to allow her mother to remain alive to give birth following a tragic car accident rather than letting both mother and baby die.
In an email provided to LifeNews.com, Justin Torres, baby Susan's uncle, said she passed away following an infection. An emergency surgery was unsuccessful.
"I am saddened to have to report that, following emergency surgery that we had hoped would correct a sudden deterioration in her condition, my niece Susan Ann Catherine Torres has passed away after only five shorts weeks with us," Justin wrote.
Susan Torres, a 26 year-old researcher at the National Institutes of Health, suffered a stroke in May after a melanoma cancer spread to her brain. Her husband, Jason, and her parents agreed to allow Susan to remain alive on a respirator until baby Susan was born rather than letting her die.
"Many of the people receiving this email joined us in prayer this summer and lent us their love, support, and hard work to bring her home," Justin wrote. "It was my fondest wish that we would shortly do just that. I hope that you will now offer my brother and his family your prayers for peace and comfort."
Susan Orr, a leading Bush administration official serving children's needs within the Health and Human Services Department, was also aware of baby Susan's death.
"It is with great sadness that I write to let you know that little baby Susan Torres died last night in the arms of her father from sepsis," Orr said. "Her intestinal track had completely withered and she was inoperable."
In August, doctors thought the prognosis was good for baby Susan to live, although they were still concerned about whether she would develop the melanoma herself. Babies in similar conditions with an afflicted mother develop the cancerous condition less than 25 percent of the time.
She was born two months premature and weighed less than two pounds.
At the time, Dr. Donna Tilden-Archer, director of neonatology at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, said Susan is "doing remarkably well."
Had she lived longer, Justin said he would have told his niece about the courage her mother displayed.
Im going to tell her mother was one of the toughest women I've ever met, that she was absolutely determined in what she did. And that, You cannot believe how many people fought for you,' he said.
Related web sites: Susan Torres Fund -- http://www.susantorresfund.org
I agree with ValerieUSA
Take yourself somewhere else!
This thread supports and prayed for this family. Now we mourn for and with them.
And I have every right to believe in miracles and God's graces. Logan is a walking, talking, miracle!!
Nana
You are relentlessly disrupting this thread. Maybe you ought to take a break.
Hint: take it some place else
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You said he was sending us a message by taking this child. This would be a good time to backtrack on that Brightgirl.
I, and many others take extreme offense at the way you've hijacked this thread. A man's wife and child have died. Have some respect for that, and for all of us who have followed this story.
If you look hard enough, it's not difficult...you'll see a section on FR called Religion.
Start a thread there. If not, get off of here.
And you know what God's thinking How? He talks to you? You hear voices?
Thanks for the news. I was wondering how baby Susan was doing. Prayers up for this family. I am so sorry.
My heart is breaking for this family. Prayers for all the family members suffering at this time!
Heard this. Been ill (better now). I am devastated for this poor man. He will be in my prayers.
Prayers for a husband and father
Very, very sad. Prayers for the dad, and all concerned.
But the dad knows that he did everything he could.
May God hold this husband and father in the hollow of His Hand.
What a brave family. No one can take away the courage shown by Susan, and then by her sweet baby - through Jason. What a fine witness to the cold secular world!
Prayers for healing and comfort in the face of this huge loss. Jason, may you find peace. You, sir, redefined heroism and God is surely well pleased. Please rest well. You did everything you could do.
This is indeed heartbreaking. My prayers and tears as well. What terrible sadness. . .
Oh no! I can't believe this. Prayers for that poor man.
May little baby Susan rest in peace.
Rest in Peace
Baby Susan Torres
My prayers will be with the friends and family who now mourn her passing.
Blessings,
trussell
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A revisit to Exodus 12:29 can always stand in the wings especially for a nation that is more than willing to legalize the murder of its own children in the womb. To such a nation, this child is sign, symbol, message, Gospel, warning, witness, and her passing from the world will remind some who have already forgotten that her life was sacred when it was in her mother's womb -- just as sacred as the lives of others in the womb who can be legally murdered in this country.
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