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.
“I’m 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 am saddened to learn this. Prayer for the family.
You might be one of only a few who thinks God kills little babies to send the message that we shouldn't kill little babies.
The message must be, those are my babies to kill, not yours.
What a bizarre concept.
BTW, how do you think Bush can end abortion now?
What?? You're comprehension-challenged so you play the 'Troll' card??
Go back and read what I posted, not what you want to think that I posted. And I'll see your "Troll" and raise you a "DU Hatriot".
Are you denying God's omnipotence and omniscience?
Yes, BINGO! Just a lusty Monday rant against Evil agents in general and a wish for their eventual disposition to be as unimaginably horrific as God can make possible.
Thanks for checking your swing.
A message from God? As if he caused it to happen? God causing infanticide??...hmmmm
Please clarify.
God is sovereign and nothing happens without him knowing/deciding/whatever...but there is a difference between causing stuff to happen and allowing things to happen.
So...is it a message? I dont know.
Is this childs tragic short life indicative of mans fall from grace. Absolutely.
God bless the babies, who are with him in heaven.
how sad. I am so sorry.
You are screaming at demons?
Good luck with that.
Read their post as a broader rant against the forces of evil that cause human suffering...
Prayers from TX
God called this little one home with Him. It's a tragedy for her family who will miss her, and who struggled mightily to let her live. But it is His child, and He is taking good care of her. A multitude of miracles has happened amidst the battles against cancer and infection in this case. God is with us. May He bless all who fought the valiant fight and believe in life -- may their faith strengthen and reach out.
As my sister said just before she died of cancer, "Thank you Jesus for the victory."
She did not lose her fight for life, for death was no longer her enemy.
Prayers for the father and remaining family. Baby Susan is with her mom in God's loving embrace now.
This is simply heartbreaking.
What a tragedy for the family, and a reminder that all our babies are terribly fragile.
What a steaming pile of gibberish.
May God Bless His newest angel as she is reunited with her Mother and may He console her family still here on earth. In Jesus' name. AMEN.
I was waiting for an update on this little one...and here it is. So sad. :(
Now, I am waiting for an update on another baby...the little baby girl who was stabbed in NYC for a gold chain. I pray she is ok.
It really was devastating to read this, wasn't it? Especially as I hadn't heard anything other than reports right after her birth that the baby was doing quite well. What a heartbreaking event.
Try decaf.
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