Immediately after the drug was injected, Shelby experienced grossly abnormal elevation of her blood pressure. The abortionist, Dr. John J. Barton, thought that the elevation would be transient, and left the facility.
Half an hour later, Shelby went into cardiopulmonary arrest. She suffered brain damage due to lack of oxygen, causing dementia and speech aphasia.
Shelby was no longer able to care for herself, much less her five children. She required 24-hour care in a nursing home until her death on September 16, 1999. This is the longest time I've seen elapse between catastrophic abortion injury and death. Other lingering deaths include:
- Carolina Gutierrez, who endured multiple amputations during the two months that doctors spent trying to save her
- Suzanne Logan, who spent three years mute and paralyzed until her death
- Deborah Lozinski, who spent two months in a coma before she died
- Catherine Pierce, who lingered for seven months in a nursing home until her death
- Venus Ortiz, who spent nearly six years in a coma before her death
- Suzanne Logan, who spent three years mute and paralyzed until her death
- Deloris Smith, whose 15th birthday came and went during the nearly five months she languished in a coma
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