Pro-Life/Pro-Baby ping
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
Just received a photo from our son with his little one month old bay lying on his chest. So joyful. And now just read about the baby dying in her fathers arms. This is almost overwhelming. God bless them all and I hope none of those involved ever have to deal with this kind of tragedy again. I do know now that little baby Torres is in the arms of her loving mother and will one day reunite with daddy. My heart is so sad.
Prayers and condolences for the family.
What would be the point? That's like non-alcholoic beer. And where would be the justice in that? Nah. Ya gotta have eventual, final, resounding, mind-bending, ultimate and complete justice or the whole Universe is just a cosmic SNAFU, and I don't buy that.
Hey, look, peace, loave and mercy are good things, and I'm all for 'em, but those agents who disrupt peace, refuse mercy, and scoff at love; t'ellwiddem. As I read The Book, that's the scenario and I, for one, am all for it, and the sooner the better, IMHO.
Anyway, I'm a one-cup-a-day coffe drinker already. Can't cut back on moderation.
Truly sad and tragic. But I am certain the little angel baby Susan gave her family some additional joy before leaving to be with her own mother Susan and God. Prayers for Jason Torres and family.
Just received a photo from our son with his little one month old bay lying on his chest. So joyful. And now just read about the baby dying in her fathers arms. This is almost overwhelming. God bless them all and I hope none of those involved ever have to deal with this kind of tragedy again. I do know now that little baby Torres is in the arms of her loving mother and will one day reunite with daddy. My heart is so sad.
I refer you to someone who "gets it":
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1482896/posts?page=59#50
How very sad. I'm so sorry to hear this. Prayers for the father.
I hope we hear more soon, as I am continuing to pray for Isabelle Avins as well... just a terrible story: Stabbed Infant Still Critical
> The vile forces that precipitate such tragedy as this ...
Ummmm...
Well, the mom died because of melanoma, IIRC. That means skin cancer. Usually caused by too much exposure to the sun.
Hmmm.
TO HELL WITH THE SUN!!!
I read that. Big deal. It's still an idiotic post.
TO HELL WITH THE DEVIL!!!!!!
NOW does it gel?
Oh, thank you so much for posting that poem...it came to mind as I was reading this sad news. RIP little one.
Regardless of wether or not the baby survives, that guy should have his head cut off with a butter knife.
Oh, so sad.
Mother and child are together now.
Let's all be sure to pray for the father.
> TO HELL WITH THE DEVIL!!!!!!
Huh. So... you think that *this* is the incident that will tip the balance?
> NOW does it gel?
Not until you mix in the cabosil.
No,,,I'm denying yours.
And I'm denying your ability to interpret events and attributing them to what you think God is saying.
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