Woman Wakes After Heart Stopped, Rigor Mortis Set In

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Friday, May 23, 2008

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Val Thomas

Val Thomas' doctors honestly can't explain how she is alive today.

Thomas, who lives in West Virginia, is being called a medical miracle after she suffered two heart attacks and had no brain waves formore than 17 hours; reports NewsNet5.com.

VIDEO: Click here to watch Val Thomas' story

Thomas' heart stopped around 1:30 a.m. Saturday and doctors said she had no pulse. Rigor mortis started to set in, and she wasplaced on a respiratory machine.

"Her skin had already started to harden and her fingers curled," Thomas' son, Jim, told NewsNet5.com. "Death hadset in."

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Thomas, 59, was rushed to a West Virginia hospital, where she was put on a special machine to induce hypothermia. This would allow herbody to cool down for 24 hours before they would warm her up again, doctors explained.

However, Thomas' heart stopped again after the procedure.

Her family said their goodbyes and Thomas' tubes were removed, but she remained hooked on a ventilator as the possibility of organdonation was discussed.

However, Thomas woke up 10 minutes later and started talking.

"The nurse said, 'I'm so sorry, Mrs. Thomas,' and mom said, 'That's OK, honey, that's OK,'" JimThomas said.

Val Thomas was transferred to the Cleveland Clinic so that specialists could check her out, but doctors said they could find nothingwrong with her.

"I know God has something in store for me, another purpose," Val Thomas said. "I don't know what it is, but I'msure he'll tell me."

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Dont know what to say..

 

[MPLS612]

Interesting.

Jeez, its not that serious.

 

[freshproduct]

Originally Posted by AME416

Intresting.

[color= rgb(255, 0, 0)] Tell me about it[/color]

 

[ultralightbeam]

whoa. this is insane. this life thing is crazy to me sometimes.

 

[thagreatj]

thats crazy.

 

[paul is on tilt]

 

[jomitm]

after she suffered two heart attacks and had no brain waves for more than 17 hours
17 hours?

i thought it was on some 20 seconds type stuff...

 

[03silverbullet]

does she know if there's a heaven, or not?

 

[methedy24]

- So not looking forward to old age...

 

[tecca nena]

59????? she looks 89!!!

 

[and1play5]

yo I thought she was at least 77

 

[pcbyrdgang51bix]

thank god...

 

[we love 1989]

God works in mysterious ways.

 

[rudemiester]

Originally Posted by Paul Is On Tilt

 

[dub 253]

Interesting to say the least.

 

[10508 cardo jr ln]

Wait a minute.. she was gone 17 hours and didn't say if she saw anything? no light, no dream, no up, no down.. nowi'm nervous.. maybe she's athiest.

 

[c0nev3rge]

i wanted to leave a vulgar comment but they pretty much have the cursing thing covered on that site

 

[nothingbefore]

Originally Posted by 03silverbullet

does she know if there's a heaven, or not?

I'm pretty sure she didn't even known she was dead to the fact after waking up

 

[russ tha g]

now i'm nervous.. maybe she's athiest.

"I know God has something in store for me, another purpose," Val Thomas said. "I don't know what it is, but I'm sure he'll tell me."


So much for that whole after life idea, I guess.

 

[th0mas cr0wn]

wish God would've allowed this to happen to some people that have passed throughout my life

Miracle though

 

[dontsteponmyshoes]

shes getn everybody hyped what if she really dies like 2mrw

thats crazy though

 

[curt2121]

sounds like another case of a doctor prematurely declaring death. Death is actually a neurological condition defined by the cessation of cranial nerve reflexes(the most basic functions of the brain). For an actual death diagnosis, the pt is supposed to be at normal temperature and not on drugs that can affect brainactivity and then two EEGs have to be flat 24 hours apart and the lack of cranial nerve reflexes as I mentioned. Clearly there isn't enough informationpresented in the article to say much, but the lack of cortical activity and heart stoppage don't equate to death. Certain conditions and drugs can cause asevere lowering of activity even to a point where it is not detected by an EEG. While rare, things like this happen. The worst is locked in syndrome becauseunless the patient is properly examined neurologically, it is believed they are in a persistent vegetative state when in reality, they are fully aware but canonly move their eye up to respond (There is a great book written about a woman with the syndrome along with poetry she created in her head to keep her sanitywhile in a recovery home)

 

[kash55]

 

[kicks off]

unbelievable...

 

[la213espg]

Crazy