Theresa Ann Campo Pearson was born on March 21, 1992 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida with anencephaly, a birth defect where she was born without a complete brain or skull. Her parents sought to declare her brain-dead to donate her organs but courts rejected their appeals. Theresa died nine days after birth when her organs had deteriorated too much for transplant. Anencephaly occurs in about 1 in 1,000 pregnancies and babies born with this condition typically only live a few hours or days at most.

1. “ An Infant with no
Prospects: Baby
Theresa”

2. Basic Information’s about her:
Name: Theresa Ann Campo Pearson.
Born: March 21,1992 at Broward General
Medical Center; Fort
Launderdale, Florida.
Born with a Disease: Anenchepalia.
Died: At the age of Nine Days.

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4.  She was born without complete brain or
skull.
 Her parents wanted to donate her organs to
the other babies.
 Her parents sought her to declare brain-
dead but on March 26, the Florida Circuit
Judge Estella Moriarty ruled that the body
had a functioning brain stem and could not
be declared as brain dead.
 The two other courts also rejected the
parents appeals but the time Theresa died,
her organs had deteriorated too much to
still be viable for transplant.

7.  It is a congenital birth defect that
occurs in approximately one in one
thousand pregnancies. It is a neural
tube defect, just as is spina bifida. Life
expectancy for a baby with
anencephaly after birth is just a few
hours, sometimes a few days at most.

10. Symptoms
Absence of bony covering over the
back bone of the head .
Missing bones around the front and
sides of the head .
Folding of the ears
Congenital heart defects

11. How is it Diagnose?
Alpha-fetoprotein
Amniocentesis
Ultrasound/Sonography
Blood test