Devastating Update About Pregnant Woman On Life Support: The Baby Only Lives Less Than 24 Hours

Joyce Sousa Araújowas heavilypregnantwhen she suffered ananeurysmon December 20, 2024, collapsing onto the ground and immediately being sent to the emergency center of Santa Casa de Rondonópolis, around 120 miles from Cuiabá in Brazil.

Joyce was only 21 years old when she suffered an aneurysm and was declared brain-dead

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“She started feeling very strong headaches after getting pregnant, but nothing that indicated an aneurysm,” said her husband — 23-year-old João Matheus Silva. “We never imagined this would happen.”

Her little boy, Adryan Miguel Sousa Borges, was bornprematurelyon the morning of Friday, January 24, at just 900 grams (~1.98 pounds) and was taken to the neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

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However, less than 24 hours later, he unfortunately passed away.

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The 21-year-old initially fell ill and fainted just five days before Christmas when she was in Jaciara inBrazil, around 91 miles away from the capital city.

Though her loved ones transported her to the hospital immediately, her condition only worsened when she was admitted.

Joyce and her son are set to be laid to rest together

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A couple of days later, she was once again transferred to Rondonópolis to undergo surgery, where her brain only began to swell even further, eventually requiring a medical procedure where a part of her skull was removed to make room for her brain.

But despite the efforts of the professionals at hand, the operation didn’t go the way they hoped it would.

“The truth is that I can’t believe what’s happening,” stated her husband João, in a quote translated from Portuguese. “The worst part is knowing that the children will grow up without a mother.”

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The two were together for six years and shared two daughters together, aged 3 and 7. João had started working as an assistant on a railroad while Joyce was a saleswoman before she ultimately becamepregnant.

Previously, the decision to keep Joyce alive via life support hadsparked a debateamong some users online — even labeled as “disgusting,” as some saw it as a violation of sorts.

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“She’s being forced to have her body violated just so that she can give birth to someone who will never remember her,” one person said.

But another argued, “I’m sure that, if the mother was alive, this is exactly what she would’ve wanted!”