Baby born to brain-dead mom dies

[Taualumna]

McLEAN, Va. - An infant born last month to a severely brain-damaged woman died Monday after emergency surgery to repair a perforated intestine.

Susan Anne Catherine Torres, born prematurely on Aug. 2 after her mother was on life support for three months, died of heart failure at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, a family statement said.

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[sageofages]

Originally posted by Taualumna
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I read this yesterday....and my heart just wept.

Such sorrow for that man...........

[honeychile]

My heart just breaks for him...

[ZTABullwinkle]

I used to work in the Neonatal ICU with preemies. She didn't have the best chances weighing under two pounds. To compund that with the complication of a preforated intestine, made those chances even slimmer.

My heart goes out to her father. Not only did he lose his daughter, but he lost his wife. Sad story all together.