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.
That is amazing. Wonder if she has any memories of her time away?
Wow!
17 hours!
Miracles still happen!
Gee, imagine that, what we know as “life” is not simply our bodies.
Makes and atheist proud doesn’t it? /sarc
Incredible! How old is this woman?
From the internets: 59 years old.
Val Thomas, 59, stopped breathing at 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 17, and her family called paramedics. While they waited for help to arrive, they tried to revive her while others prayed. They estimate that she was without a heartbeat or oxygen for 15-20 minutes before she was put on a ventilator and transported to a Charleston, West Virginia hospital.
Awesome story!
Yes, both Athiest and Makes are proud.
She was probably saved by the hypothermia treatment she received.
Acc to another news article, she has no memory of her time “away.”
Most likely she went to someplace very, very cold.
What does being an atheist have to do with this?
Are any of them claiming that Despator brought her back to life? Allah? Inquiring minds want to know : )
There was a huge dread of being buried alive.
Or, perhaps somebody can tell me why you put a person WITH NO PULSE on a respirator and what that accomplishes without blood flow.
No one will convince me that prayers are not answered in dire situations such as what my sister and my neice are currently going through. We’ve seen answers we’ve asked for over the past few weeks. This woman is just further evidence that God can and will answer prayer. Praise God. He is in control.
So, someone who doctors pronounced to have “no chance of recovery”, woke up and lived. Michael Schiavo was unavailable for comment.
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