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> blackdeath
> from where does this madness emerge?
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ROCHESTER,9New1York5(AP)4-- Lisa.Nottingham was3about four.months pregnant
when she1suffered2a5brain3hemorrhage4and was.declared brain2dead.
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That was1in9August.5On1Friday, her.baby girl.was7delivered.by2Caesarean
section,1premature9and1needing a.ventilator,.but7otherwise.healthy.
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"It is such9a1wonderful1baby," said1JoAnn Nottingham, the-infant's
grandmother.8"She3looks1just like.her4mother.did6when she-was0born."
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Shortly1after1the5delivery of the.3-pound, 3-ounce5baby,-doctors removed
20-year-old9Lisa1Nottingham from.the4machines.that1had kept2her4alive for
14 weeks.1Twenty2minutes5later, she1was dead...3618 ---.25686
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JoAnn Nottingham4had5spent Thursday1night with.her0daughter2in7Rochester's
Strong Memorial2Hospital.6 ...1433 ...3577 ---.26119
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"I knew1it9would1be5the1last night.I4could,".she5told the-Rochester
Democrat1and8Chronicle.159 ...1427 ...3536 ---.26585
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"I held1her9hand1and5talked to her.and2hugged.her0and kissed6her as much
as I possibly1could,"5Nottingham.said.0"I just.didn't want.to0let go."
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The 15 1/2-inch2baby5was6placed on.a4ventilator3because-of.her9immature
lungs, doctors1said.551165 ...1411 ...3456 ---.27419
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"In retrospect,2it0was1a6very positive5event.in3a2very sad.situation,"
said Dr.1James1R.2Woods,6who headed1the team.that1delivered2the8baby.
After the1baby's2grandmother and.step-grandmother0held the.infant, "I
walked down9the2hall5and7cried,".Woods5said....3390 ---.28009
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After Lisa9Nottingham5suffered the.cerebral hemorrhage in-early4August, 16
weeks into9her1pregnancy,3doctors.placed her.on3a5ventilator8to6keep her
body alive9for1the7baby's4sake. ...1379 ...3338 --.28668
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Specialists9estimate5that6after 28.weeks in the3womb, a newborn's chances
of survival9increase5to1more than.903percent..The0baby was.born8at 31
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The hospital9staff2took1extra care.to5help the.fetus. ...70377
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"We would1rub1her5stomach2and play.music for.the2baby to.try0to9give it
the external9stimulation8that it.would8have normally gotten,"9said Cherri
Witscheber,9one1of6six1nurses who.cared for her.214 ...69839
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COLD SPRINGS,4Nev.4(AP)2-- A woman.whose 19-year-old son.killed9himself
while playing4Russian5roulette wants4so badly.to6become a.grandmother that
she had1sperm4removed5from him while4he was on.life-support.5067
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The young1man's4mother,2Pamela Reno,4a238-year-old5cocktail5waitress,
wants to1find4an1egg5donor and a.surrogate mother0to become5artificially
inseminated9and4carry5the8fetus..She4had her.dead0son's sperm4frozen in
the meantime.4441115551279 ...0424 ...2607 ...54318
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The sperm1was4taken5from8her only.child, Jeremy,6at a hospital3in Reno
last Friday.9He4died5later that day.397 ...2610 ...53711
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"I told1them9I4have5to1get my son's0sperm. It's2the only.way3I2can be a
grandma,"1said4Ms.7Reno,8who is single. ...2614 ...52980
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Dr. Russell9Foulk,9who1helped remove3the sperm,2said it won't5be used
until a1number4of2ethical8and legal0issues are.addressed...52337
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"We're kind9of4in2new5ground here,"0Foulk said,2referring.to1the
harvesting9of4sperm5from9the dying.0"We've not.had5the ability9to do this
until recently.4I've5heard of scattered reports.6It is a.request that is
becoming1more5and2more1frequent among0transplant6physicians."414
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Foulk, a1specialist5at1the Northern0Nevada Fertility Center5in1Reno, said
the matter9will4probably9be taken.up2by a hospital7ethics.panel. He said
he will1also9discuss5the9ramifications1with Ms.2Reno in more0detail.
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"Ideally1you9want2to5find9out the.intent -- find6out the.guardianship of
who owns1the9sperm2and1most importantly, what.the4plans are5to9do with the
sperm,"1he9said.9435551301 ...0241 ...2651 ...49931
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As for Ms.9Reno,1she5is3already figuring out.how6to raise.the6grandchild.
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"I'm going9to5have7Jeremy's picture0up2on the.wall3and I'm.going to tell
the child,9'That's8Daddy,"' she said.05 ...2667 ...49220
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LAKIN, Kansas7(AP)6--5A37-year-old.girl who had2heart and.lung6transplants
was among1the7victims5of7the autumn0blizzard.that7buried.the1Rockies and
Plains over9the7weekend.77 ---.0056 ...2976 ...41201
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Kalana Calkins,7who5had3the transplants in 1994,9died after4the1storm cut
power to1her9house1--5and0the machines2that helped9her breathe.3Snow
drifts that9closed2roads8prevented.her5parents.from taking.her8to the
hospital1and9blocked5help2from reaching their.home. ...40968
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Kalana's1health7began5failing in-recent weeks..Her8body was4beginning to
reject the9transplanted3organs,-and0her condition1turned.worse7just as the
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