Brain-Dead Nebraska Mom Karla Perez Kept Alive to Deliver Baby
A brain dead Nebraska woman was kept on life support for nearly eight weeks so the baby she was carrying could survive, medical officials said.
Baby Angel — weighing just 2 pounds and 12.6 ounces — was delivered earlier this month, according to the Methodist Health System. It said Angel's delivery was the first of its kind in the U.S. since 1999.
Methodist Health System 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."
http://www.inquisitr.com/2057135/brain-dead-mother-gives-birth-to-healthy-miracle-baby-after-doctors-keep-her-alive-on-ventilator-for-seven-weeks/
Originally collected by
fetching...
(
less)
