Doctors saved the life of a premature baby after his mother suffered a stroke. The mother succumbed to the stroke, but her legacy has managed to survive in the form of her son.

Karla Perez of Waterloo, Neb, was due to give birth to her second child in February, when she collapsed at her home. The 22-year-old mother was declared brain dead by doctors at Methodist Women's Hospital. She was, however, kept alive by the doctors until the first week of April, a total of 54 days.

"At times it was over 100 people taking care of her at any one time, we managed to get close to eight weeks, which is fairly impressive under the circumstances. The child seems to be doing well", said Andrew Robertson M. D. at Methodist Hospital.

Perez death came two days after doctors delivered Angel. Perez did not give life only to her son, but other too as she was an organ donor and gave her kidneys, heart, and liver.

Doctors say that it becomes very difficult in medical arena to save lives of babies born as immature as Angel did. Doctors have managed to make it possible for only the 34th time when a woman has been kept alive this long to deliver a baby.

Karla's mother, Sue Korth, said they had faith that Karla would manage to deliver the baby.