Posted on 05/26/2008 12:28:01 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Patient Brought To Cleveland Clinic
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A West Virginia woman is at the Cleveland Clinic after walking the line between life and death.
Doctors are calling Val Thomas a medical miracle. They said they can't explain how she is alive.
They said Thomas suffered two heart attacks and had no brain waves for more than 17 hours. At about 1:30 a.m. Saturday, her heart stopped and she had no pulse. A respiratory machine kept her breathing and rigor mortis had set in, doctors said.
"Her skin had already started to harden and her fingers curled. Death had set in," said son Jim Thomas.
They rushed her to a West Virginia hospital. Doctors put Thomas on a special machine which induces hypothermia. The treatment involves lowering the body temperature for up to 24 hours before warming a patient up.
After that procedure, her heart stopped again.
"She had no neurological function," said Dr. Kevin Eggleston.
Her family said goodbye and doctors removed all the tubes.
However, Thomas was kept on a ventilator a little while longer as an organ donor issue was discussed.
Ten minutes later the woman woke up and started talking.
"She (nurse) said, 'I'm so sorry Mrs. Thomas.' And mom said, 'That's OK honey. That's OK," Jim Thomas said.
Val Thomas and her family strongly believe that the Lord granted them their miracle and they want everyone to know.
"I know God has something in store for me, another purpose. I don't know what it is but I'm sure he'll tell me," she said.
She was taken to the Cleveland Clinic for specialist to check her out. Doctors said amazingly she has no blockage and will be fine.
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The rule of thumb is you can last 3 minutes without oxygen.
I think God likes to show off every once in a while.
There’s “no chance of recovery” until after the fact. Then it’s all explainable.
On the other hand, those of who believe that nothing is impossible for God and that he answers prayers don’t have to search for explanations. We just have to rejoice in His mercy.
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WOW, God is so good! Thank you, Lord Jesus! Lazarus has nothing on this lady!
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Thanks, this is wonderful news.
Thought I read elsewhere that she was 76???? Not 59.
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Whoa.
Then the nurse had a couple heart attacks.
Now all those poor people waiting for their 'donated organs' will have to go elsewhere unless they can get some liberal judge order her back to bed and 'treated' properly.
We cant have all those poor people waiting for nothing, can we?
/sarcasm off!!
My grandmother had a heart attack back in the 1950’s.
She was in ER, blue, no pulse, declared dead. The doctors were breaking the news to the family and a nurse who happened to be walking by noticed that she was still breathing. They informed the family who was there, and told them that they might as well wait because she wouldn’t make if through the night.
Well, she did, and despite the doctors 12 hour prognosis that she wouldn’t make it through the day, then the next night, then the next day, they finally told the family they might as well go home and get some rest; she was going to live and they didn’t know why.
She lived, completely normal- no brain damage, for 30 more years.
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