According to Jason Torres, his wife, Susan, would have wanted to save her child's life.
Doctors told Jason they believe the baby could survive if Susan remains alive and her cancer doesn't effect the uterus.
Susan Torres, a 26-year-old researcher at the National Institutes of Health, lost consciousness from a stroke May 7 after aggressive melanoma spread to her brain. Jason Torres says doctors told him his wife's brain functions have stopped.
Torres explains his decision to sustain Susan on life support in an interview with USA Today, "I hate seeing her on those darned machines, and I hate using her as a husk, a carrying case, because she herself is worth so much more. But Susan really wanted this baby. And she's a very - how should I put this? - a willful lady. That's probably why she's made it this far."
Despite hospital officials failure to release a statement, Jason has reported that the fetus appears to be progressing. And he remains hopeful despite doctors' reports that no cases in which a brain-dead mother with melanoma has delivered a baby exist.
Susan and her fetus must live until mid-July, or about 25 weeks' gestation, in order for the fetus to survive delivery.
Torres quit his job as a printing salesman and has moved into his wife's hospital room. The couple's 2-year-old son, Peter, is staying with grandparents.
