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(99,630 posts) Thu Apr 30, 2015, 10:57 PM Apr 2015

Nebraska woman declared brain dead, 54 days later her son was born [View all]

Source: Omaha World Herald

By Katy Glover

As Karla Perez lay brain dead in the hospital, her grieving parents stretched their hands toward her growing stomach. The outline of their unborn grandchild’s feet pressed against their daughter’s skin.

Baby Angel was still kicking.

Perez was 22 weeks pregnant when she collapsed at her Waterloo, Nebraska, home in February. An ambulance rushed her to the hospital: She had suffered a catastrophic brain bleed.

Blood rushed into her brain tissue and the space around it. Her brain swelled. Doctors at Methodist Hospital in Omaha could not surgically or medically alleviate the pressure on her brain, and Perez was later declared brain dead.

FULL story at link.

Angel Perez

Read more: http://www.livewellnebraska.com/health/nebraska-woman-declared-brain-dead-days-later-her-son-was/article_9c9aa42e-ef8e-11e4-a274-1f2fe3082a89.html

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Nebraska woman declared brain dead, 54 days later her son was born [View all] Omaha Steve Apr 2015 OP

Thank you dear god. Precious. 840high Apr 2015 #1

Yeah, god's a real peach, giving that child's mom an aneurism. AtheistCrusader Apr 2015 #4

I don't believe in that shit either... but do you really have to go out of your way... phleshdef Apr 2015 #6

I don't agree that it is harmless. AtheistCrusader Apr 2015 #7

You finding it insulting isn't actually harming anyone. phleshdef Apr 2015 #8

Sorry I can't be a carbon copy of you. AtheistCrusader Apr 2015 #9

Who said for you to be a carbon copy of anyone? phleshdef Apr 2015 #10

Would you say 'thank god' to the father, without knowing his views on religion? AtheistCrusader Apr 2015 #11

Its a regular expression people use. I even use it once in awhile out of childhood habit. phleshdef May 2015 #12

I layered on the sarcasm a bit but AtheistCrusader May 2015 #13

I think we should pick our battles wisely and thats an unwise choice of a battle. phleshdef May 2015 #14

If no one will fight it, when will it change? AtheistCrusader May 2015 #15

"Why is it so hard to look another human in the eyes and say Thank You" phleshdef May 2015 #16

+1,000!!! nt baran May 2015 #21

Why the presumptuous need to proselytize along with it? AtheistCrusader May 2015 #27

No, proselytizing is a lot more involved. phleshdef May 2015 #35

I disagree. AtheistCrusader May 2015 #36

One can as readily reject your premise that it's completely harmless. Orrex May 2015 #38

I love when someone has an opinion that someone else doesn't agree with... phleshdef May 2015 #39

Declaring it bullshit does not make it so, though you do seem an expert at dispensing bullshit. Orrex May 2015 #40

"tolerate an offensive statement of religious witnessing" phleshdef May 2015 #41

If I told a mourning religionist "there is no god, and your beloved rots in the ground" Orrex May 2015 #42

"Because it's exactly the same. ".. no, it isn't, not even close. phleshdef May 2015 #47

You simply don't know how to argue a point Orrex May 2015 #53

Why would you want to point to a rotting corpse as opposed to offering condolences and KittyWampus May 2015 #62

If you seriously believe that, then you're not worth reading. Orrex May 2015 #68

You're not very consistent. AtheistCrusader May 2015 #45

Telling someone they need to get out more is not the same as accusing them of presumptive authority. phleshdef May 2015 #48

Well, it's a good thing I didn't do that then. AtheistCrusader May 2015 #54

And you aren't very good at grasping other people's intent nor their world view. KittyWampus May 2015 #63

pleshdef presumed to tell others AtheistCrusader May 2015 #67

Here, I'll help explain what makes a good atheist. Having the capacity to make a decent KittyWampus May 2015 #60

You don't know anything about either of us. AtheistCrusader May 2015 #66

Who the hell are you? Orrex May 2015 #69

I am a nurse and fully 840high May 2015 #17

Yea, I was pretty sure you weren't detracting from any person involved. phleshdef May 2015 #19

Thanks 840high May 2015 #20

If someone said that to me, as the father in that circumstance... Orrex May 2015 #24

Thank You Orrex! haikugal May 2015 #26

Very well said. HERVEPA May 2015 #30

actually, the aneurism killed the mother. Unless you believe in the childish version of god KittyWampus May 2015 #64

Thanks for the lecture. I bow to your superior intellect. HERVEPA May 2015 #65

And you would be a real asshole. Comrade Grumpy May 2015 #43

But you're happy to be a jerk about other things. Orrex May 2015 #44

Thanks, I'm glad someone can see this like I do. phleshdef May 2015 #49

Which god(s,es,esses), and thanking him/her/them for what, precisely? AtheistCrusader May 2015 #29

Thank you. It's OK 840high May 2015 #18

It was your atheist-based scientism that effectively Joe Chi Minh May 2015 #23

I can't tell if this is over the top satire, or if you're serious. help me out here. AtheistCrusader May 2015 #25

It's over the top, no question... nt haikugal May 2015 #28

either you forgot the sarcasm icon, or you are posting on the wrong board. niyad Jun 2015 #70

Some of us just hate the sarcasm icon. To me it just defeats the whole purpose of being sarcastic. StevieM Jun 2015 #74

Ah, Atheist Crusader. LOL. The concept is god helps us bear our burdens not so much KittyWampus May 2015 #58

Thanks for your input. AtheistCrusader May 2015 #61

How good they were able to save his life... CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2015 #2

Welcome to this crazy world, Angel. Your mom gave you the greatest gift.. Life. Use it wisely. secondwind Apr 2015 #3

Very interesting. I was not aware that this was even possible. jwirr Apr 2015 #5

That's a lovely result of a terrible situation but ... Nihil May 2015 #22

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2015 #31

Maybe it's just me, but I find this situation very macabre and creepy WilmywoodNCparalegal May 2015 #32

If it's not possible to save one, christx30 May 2015 #33

Hopefully it was done in accordance with what the mother would have wanted nt geek tragedy May 2015 #34

+1 joshcryer May 2015 #50

Obviously not yours. LisaL May 2015 #51

did you read the article at the link? definitely creepy. niyad Jun 2015 #71

Thank you Jesus!!! Thanks to all the Dr's and Nurses!!!!!! skeewee08 May 2015 #37

What a train wreck. blackspade May 2015 #46

Oh yeah. Including eventually Ilsa May 2015 #52

Happened in texas recently. AtheistCrusader May 2015 #55

Nobody forced TX woman into a brain dead status. She became brain dead for medical reasons. LisaL May 2015 #57

I misread that poster's point. AtheistCrusader May 2015 #59

Team of 100 people took care of this woman, and only managed to extend her pregnancy for less than 2 LisaL May 2015 #56

What are they?? Yo_Mama Jun 2015 #73

Thank you, doctors and nurses. mainer Jun 2015 #72