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Brain-Dead Mother Gives Her Baby the Gift of Life.
Susan Michelle Rollin Torres gave birth to her second child August 2, but the premature delivery was anything but typical. Declared brain dead after an undiagnosed melanoma caused a stroke, Mrs. Torres spent 12 weeks on life support until her unborn daughter had developed enough to survive on her own.
Susan Anne Catherine Torres was born by Caesarean section to Susan and Jason Torres at 27 weeks' gestation, weighing 1 pound, 13 ounces.
Little Susan will remain in the hospital until October 31, which was her original due date. The family reports she is doing well.
"She has broken the 2 lbs. mark and is continuing to grow like a weed," they wrote August 23 on the Susan M. Torres Fund web site. "She has been removed from the ventilators and is receiving small amount of formula every day."
Baby Susan was born at 8:18 a.m. Right after the delivery she was "very vigorous" and almost kicked an intravenous tube out of a doctor's hand, USA Today reported. Tests showed that the cancer did not spread to the placenta or the baby.
Her mother was removed from life support the day after her baby was born and, sadly, passed away.
"This is obviously a bittersweet time for our family," said family spokesman Justin Torres, Jason Torres's brother, at an August 3 press conference. "We are overjoyed at the birth of Baby Susan and deeply grieved at the loss of her mother."
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Source: HighBeam Research, Brain-Dead Mother Gives Her Baby the Gift of Life.