My father-in-law told me about an acquaintance of his that died last week. The old guy lived out in the boonies and was working on his oil stove when the thing blew up and caught him on fire. He ran out into the road and a passing trucker stopped to put him out. He was rushed to the nearest burn center, about 300 miles away.
The old guy had pretty severe burns and died at the hospital. The staff pronounced him dead, toe-tied him and about an hour later he rose up out of the bed, gasped a big gulp of air and screamed in pain. The nurses and doctors rushed to his aid, but he died shortly after.
Or so they thought....
A short time after his "second" death, he did the same thing--rose up out of bed, gasped air and screamed in pain. Again, the doctors couldn't keep him alive and he died--for the third time.
I asked my father-in-law what the hospital considered his time of death, and he said, as far as he knew, that they were still trying to figure that one out--they'd never seen anything like it before.
"A short time after his "second" death, he did the same thing--rose up out of bed, gasped air and screamed in pain. Again, the doctors couldn't keep him alive and he died--for the third time."
His toe-tag was on too tight.
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