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Follow up to pregnant woman who is brain dead.

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They did an anatomy scan and the baby has quite a bit of abnormalities.

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Attorneys-Brain-Dead-Womans-Fetus-Abnormal-241564181.html?_osource=SocialFlowFB_DFWBrand
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Re: Follow up to pregnant woman who is brain dead.

  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] member
    How traumatizing to the family!
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  • cafecremecafecreme member
    This is a very sad outcome. I was really hoping the baby would pull through. Even if it's legs were deformed, that would of still been a good outcome. But, fluid in the skull and a heart abnormality too...this just breaks my heart. Not only is the husband losing his wife, but his unborn baby too. ugh. I want to cry now. 

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  • CoffeeBeanFiend91CoffeeBeanFiend91 member
    Horrific what the family has had to suffer through now this.

    @xBlueFrogx I think they keep using the term fetus because it's a fetus.
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  • amberdt03amberdt03 member
    I can't even begin to imagine what the family is going through. Breaks my heart.
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    xBlueFrogx said:
    Horrific what the family has had to suffer through now this. @xBlueFrogx I think they keep using the term fetus because it's a fetus.
    It just makes it sound so cold and uncaring to me.
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  • nikel13nikel13 member
    That's just sad. They need to pull the plug. There is no quality of life for this baby and the woman is legally dead.
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    heelibrarian said:

    That article made me turn to DH to remind him we have YET to do wills and living wills and the like.  We really need to get on that!

    Us too.

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  • RissNRussRissNRuss member
    As cold as it sounds, the baby is a fetus- medically speaking. Even my doctors notes say "fetus" from my U/S the day before A was born.

    And I am so sad for this family, to have their grieving and struggles plastered all over the news for people's commentary because a hospital/government feel they have a right to determine what is best for a family.
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  • tantdylftantdylf member
    What a nightmare :(
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    melOHdy said:
    Calling it a "baby" as opposed to a "fetus" won't make the torture any easier on the family.  I think it will make it harder to detach if that is the choice they are finally able to make.
    The family has already made a choice, the hospital isn't allowing their wishes to be carried out.
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