ATLANTA — A new life is still fighting after a beginning no one would have imagined.

April Newkirk's daughter, Adriana Smith, was pronounced brain dead earlier this year. She was kept alive on life support for months before she died. The reason: to deliver her baby boy, Chance.

Newkirk said her newborn grandson is fighting, even as she is taking on another new battle herself. Her grief is still heavy.

"It's not getting any better day by day," she said.

Time hasn't dulled her heartache.

"It's hard because something's been taken away from us, it's hard. You know, I think about her every day, all the time," she said.

Credit: Provided by family Baby Chance is pictured with his great grandmother, Thelma Edmonson.

Nearly two months ago, Smith died after Chance was delivered through a

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