ATLANTA — Adriana Smith, the Georgia mother who was declared brain-dead in February, delivered her baby via cesarian section Friday evening at an Atlanta-area hospital. The newborn, named Chance, weighed in at one pound, 13 ounces. He is in the neonatal intensive care unit.
April Newkirk, Adriana’s mother, told Atlanta’s NBC News affiliate 11Alive that her daughter was about six months into her pregnancy. Smith was taken off of life support on Tuesday.
Smith was nine weeks pregnant when she began suffering excruciating headaches. She was admitted to an Atlanta-area hospital and given medication but no tests. She then was sent home. The next morning, she struggled to breathe as she slept, her boyfriend said. She was then admitted to Emory University Hospital Midtown, where she underwent a CT scan and doctors determined she suffered from blood clots.
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