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Tuesday 12 May 2015

Brain-dead woman who was kept alive for 54 days delivers baby boy

Doctors in Nebraska prolonged the life of a brain dead woman for 54 days so she could deliver a baby boy named Angel.

Karla Perez, 22, died two days after the delivery, the Washington Post reported late Friday. Angel weighed just 2 pounds, 12.6 ounces at birth.

The last time a brain-dead woman in the U.S. delivered a baby was 1999, the paper said.
Baby Angel was delivered earlier last month at Methodist Health System in Omaha.

The hospital said a team of more than 100 doctors, nurses and staff kept Angel's 22-year-old mother Karla Perez alive for 54 days -- just long enough to deliver the baby via cesarean section.

"Our team took a giant leap of faith," Sue Korth, vice president and COO of Methodist Women's Hospital, said in a statement Thursday announcing the successful procedure. "We were attempting something that not many before us have been able to do."
Perez collapsed in her home in Waterloo, Nebraska, on Feb. 8 after complaining of severe headaches. Doctors later determined she had suffered a brain bleed.

With her baby at just 22 weeks -- too young to survive outside the womb -- "it was then that we had decisions to make," said Dr. Andrew Robertson at the Methodist Women's Hospital.

Doctor's had hoped to sustain Perez long enough to deliver her baby at 32 weeks, but the young woman's condition deteriorated two weeks shy of the target date so Angel was delivered on April 4.

Angel was in an incubator and feeding through a tube, the hospital group said Thursday. "We are cautiously optimistic," said neonatologist Dr. Brady Kerr.

The baby is still in NICU and his family surrounded him with his mom's things hoping that her scent will keep the baby comfortable.

As for Karla, her organs helped save three people who were waiting for a transplant.

AP/FNC

59 comments:

AbokiDaWarriBoy said...

Aww God is great.

Unknown said...

Good to know

Unknown said...

Informative

Unknown said...

Wow.

Unknown said...

Science is awesome.

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Kayode Odusanya said...

Great achievement. The brain and the reproductive system stand on their own, so while the brain was dead, the other systems were still functioning.





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NaijaDeltaBabe said...

How great is our God?!

Anonymous said...

Behold the living GOD.Awesome is my GOD.

This miracle baby is going to live to testify IJN.Amen

Unknown said...

Eeeeeeeyah! May her soul rest in peace. Linda take note!

Unknown said...

Eeeeeeeyah! May her soul rest in peace. Linda take note!

Anonymous said...

So sad. May her soul rip and may God keep the baby safe

Unknown said...

wow....Beautiful baby


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wow....Beautiful baby


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Anonymous said...

Awww...That's the Wonders of the Almighty God,the Only Sovereign God..God bless the child & Rip to the mom.

Anonymous said...

Linda congrats n plus we are expecting your babe too oooo abeg doo quick leave blog 4yur workers n make baby 4 us na

Manuel Kunmi said...

Ain't God marvellous???

Unknown said...

Chai!There is GOD

dudette said...

Awww thank God they could save the baby...even her organs served others..may she rest in peace!!

Unknown said...

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Unknown said...

This baby is a fighter and will become a great woman

ary said...

What a sad story!

Lilian Fc Barcelona said...

May God protect baby Angel.

Advise Me Naija said...

Nice one!...Blessed Child

Bad_girl_riri 4 life said...

Tank God for d baby's life..if na 4 naija..pikin and mama go don die..buh y dey sharply distribute d woman organs nau..

Bonita Bislam said...

She remained useful even in death.may her gentle soul rest in peace

Nky said...

Great and mighty God

Unknown said...

Wow! Thank God for technology dat was able to make dis possible via d supreme grace of d true living God.

Bolty said...

God will protect and guide the baby.

yawanow said...

Even the doctors and nurses acknowledged God's intervention.
Thank God for the baby's life.

Anonymous said...

God is great.

Unknown said...

God is wonderful may her soul rest in peace

Unknown said...

Eyah, if na Nig, dis woman 4don go since + baby. We still hv a long way to go. Rip karla

Unknown said...

Awwww

Ivy brown said...

awww. dats a grt thing to do. welcome to the world baby.
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Unknown said...

Ome ihe gbaru umu ghari is OUR ABLE JEHOVA

Unknown said...

Ome ihe gbaru umu uwa ghari is OUR ABLE JEHOVA

mum jayjay said...

Whao wonderful

Unknown said...

Wow, may God keep and preserve the baby. This is a miracle

lami said...

God is awesome. May she rest in peace.

Unknown said...

Welcome to planet earth Angel..
Rest in Peace mummy Angel..
Well done doctors

Unknown said...

I pray God continues to sustain the baby's life, Amen

Unknown said...

May her soul rest in peace and may God keep the child. Kudos to the doctors

Unknown said...

There's nothing God cannot do....bless God.

Unknown said...

Thank God for technology.

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Subomi said...

she died after. RIP

Unknown said...

RIP to her, and I wish d baby d very best of life.

Anonymous said...

You are dumb... Are U praying for Linda to hav d same case?
Stupid moron...

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God is Great , Miraculous Working God ...Rip To The Her

jamal cojo said...

Scientific research is dope ***far too kind***

Anonymous said...

The baby na boy ooo

Jasmine Joseph said...

Wow God bless those doctors for pushing the boundaries they saved atleast one life

Anonymous said...

Ain't God wonderful? Its a sad story though,but we thank God for the life of the baby. I pray that God will reserve the baby and to the mother.....RIP..sell your products for free,click here

Unknown said...

AND SOME STILL DOUBT GODS EXISTENCE

Juleslouis said...

Oh my! I wish d baby swift recovery.

SWILL MARTIN said...

Eeeeeeyah when he frowz up he'll b so gr8ful

Unknown said...

She was probably an organ donor

Unknown said...

This is bitter-sweet. RIP to her. Thank God for the baby's life.

Unknown said...

God is gr8 o, d family shd pls take gud n absolute care of d lil angel o

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