Plus'Dead' Woman Comes Back to Life'Dead' Woman Comes Back to LifeThe Associated PressA woman who suffered three heart attacks and had no brain waves for 17 1/2 hours was revived and is now very much alive, despite rigor mortis having started to set in. (May 22)Val Thomas'
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mas' heart stopped early Saturday morning. (SOT: TIM THOMAS/VAL'S SON)THERE WAS NO LIFE IN MY MOTHER IN HER HOUSE. Paramedics revived her and rushed her to a hospital in Charleston, West Virginia.(SOT: DANIEL PENCE/VAL'S NEPHEW)SHE PROBABLY WENT CLOSE TO 20 MINUTES WITHOUT OXYGEN OR A PULSE.Doctors put Thomas on a machine that lowers the body's temperature. Her heart stopped two more times.(SOT: DR. KEVIN EGGLESTON/CAMC)SHE HAD NO NEUROLOGICAL FUNCTION. Doctors told family members that Thomas had a less than ten percent chance of survival. They made the agonizing decision to take her off life support. They said their goodbyes, and prayed.(SOT: DANIEL PENCE)I ASKED GOD JUST SHOW ME SOMEThING.. I KNOW THERE'S SOME THING HERE.. JUST SHOW ME.. AND I DIDN'T SEE IT.A delay due to questions over organ donation kept Thomas on a respirator a little longer. But she went 17 and a half hours without any brain waves. When nurses eventually starting taking tubes out of Thomas, she awoke.(SOT: DANIEL PENCE)THEN THEY TOOK OFF AN ELECTRICAL LEAD AND NEARLY JUMPED OUT OF THEIR OWN SKIN, SHE SAID.. I'M SO SORRY MRS THOMAS AND MOM SAID. THAT'S OK HONEY.. THAT ' OK.." (SOT: VAL THOMAS)BUT I FEEL VERY BLESSED AND I KNOW GOD HAS SOMETHING ELSE IN STORE FOR ME.Doctors say Thomas has no heart blockages. She was taken to the Cleveland Clinic for closer examination by specialists. ___ ___, The Associated Press.
Author: AssociatedPress
Keywords: alive again 'dead' woman comes
Added: May 22, 2008
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