美國母親堅持生下無腦兒 只爲相陪幾小時!

Abbey Ahern, 34, who lives in Oklahoma, was devastated when she was told at her 19-week scan that her daughter had the terminal illness anencephaly which meant she would not live beyond a few hours.

居住在美國俄克拉荷馬州、今年34歲的艾比·阿埃倫在懷孕19周的時候，在被告知腹中的女兒被診斷出患有先天無腦畸形絕症、意味着僅能存活幾個小時的時候，她徹底崩潰了。

According to the National Institutes of Health, the defect means the baby has an underdeveloped brain and incomplete skull.

美國國立衛生研究院表示，該缺陷意味着嬰兒的大腦和頭骨都無法發育完全。

Approximately one in 10,000 babies in the US are born with anencephaly, most of which result in miscarriage.

該缺陷在美國的患病機率是一萬分之一，大多數都會導致流產。

As a result, Abbey and her pilot husband Robert, also 34, decided to have a live birth so that they could spend time with their daughter and donate her organs - making Annie the first infant newborn donor in the state.

艾比和她34歲的飛行員丈夫羅伯特最終決定將女兒生下來，這樣他們可以陪伴女兒僅能存活的幾個小時，同時，他們也決定捐獻女兒的器官，這也是該州新生兒捐贈器官的第一例。

Afterwards they asked the doctor for the gender of their unborn child and decided to name her on the spot. They named her easily: Annie, which means, "grace."

他們向醫生詢問了這未出世孩子的性別，並給她取了名字。他們給她取名安妮，寓意着“恩典”。

Abbey told: 'Carrying a terminally-ill baby to term was by far the most difficult thing I have ever done... For us, even in the midst of our terrible heartbreak we were able to see so much beauty.'

艾比告訴記者：“生下這個患有絕症的孩子是迄今爲止我做過的最困難的事情。對我們來說，雖然會感到心碎，但我們也看到了女兒的美麗。”

The family spent just 14 hours and 58 minutes with Annie before she passed away.

全家人在安妮夭折前僅與她相處了14個小時58分鐘。

Her organs were not viable for transplant because her oxygen levels were too low - which Abbey said was 'disappointing' - but they were able to donate her heart valves and some of her organs could be used for research.

最終，安妮的器官因爲氧含量太低而無法移植，艾比表示這太“遺憾”了，但他們能夠捐贈她的心臟瓣膜，她的一些器官也可以用於研究。

She said: 'Annie's story is one of hope. I think it shows people that in the midst of tragedy, there can be beauty.

艾比說：“安妮的故事象徵着希望。我認爲它表明人們在悲劇中仍然可以看到美的存在。”