MEDICAL MIRACLE Women Thought Dead Is Alive After All
Reported by: Christine Habrle
Videographer: Jerry Criner
Web Producer: Jessica Reed Story Update: May 22, 2008 4:22pm
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Death came for Val Thomas at 1:30 a.m. in the morning Saturday, when her heart stopped at home. Paramedics managed to revive her, but she didn't look right. As paramedics rushed Val to Thomas Memorial, family members scrambled into action, beginning to pray and ask God for a miracle.
Once at the hospital, doctors put her on a special machine which induces hypothermia. Val's heart stopped a third time making her odds of recovery almost nothing. Val odds of surviving at less than 10 percent, her son, Tim, told the doctors to take her off life support.
Once the doctors did everything that they could and the family members made every decision they could using scriptures for guidance, they finally turned Val over to Jesus. That is when the family believes their miracle began. Starting 10 minutes after they stopped the respirator, and were removing the electrical lead, is when Val spoke saying that's okay honey to one of the nurses attending to her. Doctor and nurse say they were baffled with Val sudden recovery.
Good news though, Val had a heart cath Wednesday afternoon, it shows she has no blockages and no damage from the three heart attacks she suffered Saturday night. She does have some type of an electrical problem so she is now on her way to the Cleveland Clinic where more specialists can look at her.
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