'Grim Reaper'
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.
Just “WOW”!!!
“Or, perhaps somebody can tell me why you put a person WITH NO PULSE on a respirator and what that accomplishes without blood flow.”
Padding the bill. They’d never get me near another doctor after all that.
“Makes and atheist proud doesn’t it? /sarc”
It’s getting more and more difficult to be an atheist. :)
“No one recovers from rigor mortis “
Gosh, it must be a miracle.
A good lesson that it doesn’t pay to be hasty.
What a great story about your grandmother, just like the story at the top of this thread. Doctors told us three times that my father wouldn’t make it another day, and he pulled through each time. He did die a few months later, mostly due to medical mishaps. So, now when I hear these stories, I think doctors are jumping to conclusions too early.
'Grim Reaper'
"Oy, I could use a stiff drink."
The hospital kept her alive for “parts”. Somehow her best interest is not the best interest of the hospital.
THIS is the reason there are wakes and vigils for the recently departed.
I just learned that the other day. Interesting fact.
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