Catholic Fire

Via Fox News: A Washington state congresswoman and her husband are speaking out about a trial that left them devastated, but now filled with new hope ... and new life, with a bouncing and healthy baby girl named Abigail. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R) and her husband, Dan, were over the moon when they found out they were expecting their first child late in 2012 ... but nothing could prepare them for the journey ahead. Doctors told them their daughter had Potter's Syndrome, a diagnosis that is fatal. Or, is often fatal. Physicians say baby Abigail is the first baby to survive the diagnosis. In essence, the syndrome is characterized by a lack of amniotic fluid in utero, which makes the womb shrink and prevents the baby from developing normally, particularly the kidneys. "I don't know if anything can ever prepare you for that kind of a diagnosis. It floored us," Herrera Beutler said. "On one hand, we were first time parents and excited, and then we get ...

Two days after Jayne Soliman was declared brain-dead, her grieving husband saw her life-support machine turned off. In a moment of unbelievable poignancy, he was then given their baby daughter to hold for the first time. Doctors had kept 41-year-old Mrs Soliman's heart beating after she suffered a brain hemorrhage. For 48 hours they pumped large doses of steroids into her body to help the baby's lungs develop. MORE