Arlington, Va., Jul 18, 2005 / 22:00 pm
Family and friends of a 26-year old Virginia woman whose body is slowly succumbing to cancer are holding their breath as they wait for the child in her womb to be delivered.
Susan Torres collapsed on May 7th of this year--the day before Mother’s Day--and was rushed to an Arlington hospital where she was diagnosed with stage four melanoma. Doctors say that she is now brain-dead with no hope of recovery.
Doctors and family members still have hope however, for the baby, which continues to grow and kick in her womb.
Torres, a parishioner at St. Rita’s Church in Arlington, recently passed the first 24-week hurdle on July 11th, after which, doctors could give her baby a viable chance of survival, but because the child is apparently smaller than expected, that date was pushed back to July 18th.