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Woman thought to be dead found alive at Ankeny funeral home
KCCI ^ | 01/13/2023

Posted on 01/13/2023 4:38:40 PM PST by HereInTheHeartland

The staff at a central Iowa funeral home was surprised when a woman who was believed to be dead, turned out to be alive."

(Excerpt) Read more at kcci.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: funeralhome; iowa; notdead
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Looks like the funeral home caught a big mistake by a care center
1 posted on 01/13/2023 4:38:40 PM PST by HereInTheHeartland
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To: HereInTheHeartland
"Out of respect for the privacy and confidentiality of the families we are honored to serve, we are not in a position to comment further on this matter."

except to our lawyers

2 posted on 01/13/2023 4:41:45 PM PST by ladyjane
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3 posted on 01/13/2023 4:44:51 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (Government always tries to steal freedom; People should always try to stop Government.)
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To: HereInTheHeartland
I'm Not Dead Yet!

Well, somebody had to post it.

4 posted on 01/13/2023 4:46:15 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: HereInTheHeartland

She was a sound sleeper.


5 posted on 01/13/2023 4:46:17 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: HereInTheHeartland

This is why you have a wake.

How long was the wake James Brown? Months? Had to make sure he was really dead.


6 posted on 01/13/2023 4:47:15 PM PST by packagingguy
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To: ladyjane

“Due to HIPAA laws...” we can’t confirm whether she is alive now.


7 posted on 01/13/2023 4:48:47 PM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: HereInTheHeartland
Sounds like it's time for dead ringers to come back in style:

In 1896 T.M. Montgomery, who was supervising the disinterment of remains at the Fort Randall Cemetery, reported that a little over 2% of those bodies exhumed were definitely victims of being accidentally buried alive. In other words, about 2% woke up, tried to claw their way out, and were unable to do so. Given the oxygen supply in a coffin doesn’t last that long, it is likely the actual percentage of people buried alive was higher, when you include the ones who didn’t wake, but were still technically alive when buried.

In any event, to prevent deaths by burial, a string would supposedly be attached to the finger of the person presumed dead, and it was attached to a bell on the other end above ground. When the person moved, the bell would ring. And that was what you would call a “dead ringer.”

8 posted on 01/13/2023 4:50:30 PM PST by txeagle
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To: HereInTheHeartland

I‘ve seen this movie.

After.Life with Liam Neeson and Christina Ricci.


9 posted on 01/13/2023 4:54:04 PM PST by enumerated ( )
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To: HereInTheHeartland

Son (who works for a funeral home) said “they have ways to assure people are dead”. I didn’t want the details. Just asked him to make sure I was dead in the end. 😬

I remember reading stories about ‘casket bells’ in the old days.


10 posted on 01/13/2023 4:57:07 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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“She comes from a family of deep sleepers”

“She was faking it…she always did”

“Anything to avoid a cocktail party”

“She just wanted to be left alone”

“Anything to avoid cleaning the kitchen”

“They put me in the wrong outfit”

“My hair looked terrible”

Frankly…I can see all these


11 posted on 01/13/2023 4:58:56 PM PST by ZinGirl (Now a grandma ....can't afford a tagline :))
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12 posted on 01/13/2023 4:59:32 PM PST by Right Wing Vegan (Pot legalization licenses every degenerate pothead piece of trash to force drug neighbors.)
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To: packagingguy

13 posted on 01/13/2023 5:01:09 PM PST by Right Brother
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To: HereInTheHeartland

“The crew determined the patient was not in cardiac arrest, and they began to treat the patient before they were taken to a hospital.”

https://www.kcci.com/article/iowa-funeral-home-woman-alive/42487160

Treat them for what?

wy69


14 posted on 01/13/2023 5:15:27 PM PST by whitney69
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To: HereInTheHeartland

THAT is the stuff of nightmares right there!


15 posted on 01/13/2023 5:16:31 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: ClearCase_guy; null and void

‘Bring Out Your Dead’ *PING* :)


16 posted on 01/13/2023 5:18:00 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: HereInTheHeartland

One wonders how many layers of people and procedure were breached for the care center to send her to a funeral home.


17 posted on 01/13/2023 5:21:38 PM PST by HereInTheHeartland (Have you seen Joe Biden's picture on a milk carton?)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

That faker Ellen G. White had a phone installed in her coffin . . . just in case she woke up. She din’t.


18 posted on 01/13/2023 5:23:01 PM PST by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: HereInTheHeartland

I’ve previously heard of such in third-world countries. It’s only in the past year or so that I’ve heard of such mistakes in the U.S. I suspect it is because we are importing medical staff from third-world countries.


19 posted on 01/13/2023 5:23:01 PM PST by CFW (old and retired)
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To: HereInTheHeartland

When I worked in Funeral Service, we always brought them to a doctor to be Pronounced. Never had any of this idiotic legal nonsense.


20 posted on 01/13/2023 5:25:35 PM PST by real saxophonist (Hoplophobia will never be in the DSM, because the DSM is written by hoplophobes.)
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