Brain-dead mother lives for unborn child
On the second floor of the Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, a 26-year-old woman is battling for a life. The life is not hers -- on May 7, Susan Torres' brain suddenly ceased to function, to the horror of her husband, Jason Torres, and the medics who rushed to their Alexandria home to try to save her. Mrs. Torres is now brain-dead as a result of a massive brain hemorrhage that overtook her that night. She also has cancer. The life everyone is trying to save is that of an unborn child, now in its 20th week of gestation. Mr. Torres says he thinks it's a girl....
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