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Family says baby delivered through C-section from Georgia mom who was declared brain dead
Her family should not have endured this. The choice was theirs to make. Not the fucking Government!!
I also have to wonder if she had a DNR in place for religious reasons, would they have violated it?
ATLANTA — The family of Adriana Smith, a metro Atlanta nurse who was declared brain dead in February while pregnant, said her baby boy has arrived.
According to her mother, April Newkirk, the infant, named Chance, was born prematurely Friday, June 13, around 4:41 a.m. by emergency Cesarean section.
Newkirk said Chance weighs about 1 pound 13 ounces and is in NICU.
"He's expected to be OK," Newkirk said. "He's just fighting. We just want prayers for him. Just keep praying for him. He's here now."
She's now preparing to say goodbye to her daughter. Newkirk said the hospital will take Smith off of life support Tuesday.
"It's kind of hard, you know," she said tearfully. "It's hard to process."
She wishes she had more time.
"I'm her mother," she said. "I shouldn't be burying my daughter. My daughter should be burying me."
She's now trying to hold it together for her grandchildren. Loved ones marked Smith's 31st birthday over the weekend.
According to her mother, April Newkirk, the infant, named Chance, was born prematurely Friday, June 13, around 4:41 a.m. by emergency Cesarean section.
Newkirk said Chance weighs about 1 pound 13 ounces and is in NICU.
"He's expected to be OK," Newkirk said. "He's just fighting. We just want prayers for him. Just keep praying for him. He's here now."
She's now preparing to say goodbye to her daughter. Newkirk said the hospital will take Smith off of life support Tuesday.
"It's kind of hard, you know," she said tearfully. "It's hard to process."
She wishes she had more time.
"I'm her mother," she said. "I shouldn't be burying my daughter. My daughter should be burying me."
She's now trying to hold it together for her grandchildren. Loved ones marked Smith's 31st birthday over the weekend.
https://www.11alive.com/article/news/health/adriana-smith-baby-born-life-support-update-brain-dead-nicu/85-1fb6595c-3966-4a50-993d-0e36e05cb256
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The State becomes the instrument through which god works. 
