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05-23-08, 09:56 AM #1
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Woman Wakes After Heart Stopped, Rigor Mortis Set In
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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 for more than 17 hours; reports NewsNet5.com.
Thomas’ heart stopped around 1:30 a.m. Saturday and doctors said she had no pulse. Rigor mortis started to set in, and she was placed on a respiratory machine.
“Her skin had already started to harden and her fingers curled,” Thomas’ son, Jim, told NewsNet5.com. “Death had set in.”
Thomas, 59, was rushed to a West Virginia hospital, where she was put on a special machine to induce hypothermia. This would allow her body 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 organ donation 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,’” Jim Thomas said.
Val Thomas was transferred to the Cleveland Clinic so that specialists could check her out, but doctors said they could find nothing wrong with her.
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05-23-08, 10:01 AM #2
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Wow
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05-23-08, 10:16 AM #3
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wow wow
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05-23-08, 10:22 AM #4
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dang. that's amazing.
May you rest in peace Daddy and may you never hurt again. I love you and miss you and can't wait to see you again.
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05-23-08, 10:23 AM #5
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WOW..........
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05-23-08, 10:33 AM #6
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Wow is right, lots of unanswered questions there.
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so amazing...........WoW
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05-23-08, 10:49 AM #8
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Talk about getting another chance . . .
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05-23-08, 11:24 AM #9
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Holy crap batman..You think the nurse had to take load out of her pants..I would've had a heart attack myself if she woke up and started talking..
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05-23-08, 12:10 PM #10
It's empty and cold without you here
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Wow, God must really have something in store for her.
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05-23-08, 12:45 PM #11
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I'd be willing to bet that the hypothermia saved her brain and also induced the rigor. Same thing can happen in cold water drowning, and this was a controlled situation.
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05-23-08, 12:48 PM #12
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That would not explain rigor and lack of ECG.
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If it was full rigor, no. Partial rigor, maybe. Don't know about the ECG readings though. Even the docs are scratching their heads over that one. Originally Posted by maclean
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05-23-08, 02:13 PM #14
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She needs to go out and buy a lottery ticket immediately. Then take her winnings and do some good in the world.
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05-23-08, 02:33 PM #15
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Good to see you, Big. Originally Posted by Big Sexy
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"...but to forget your duck, of course, means you're really screwed." - Gary Larson
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05-23-08, 02:34 PM #16
the gene pool could use a little chlorine
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wow... makes me want one of them bells im my grave after that one!!!
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We dallied under
Vine maples and sapling alders
Searched for lady slippers
But instead
Found blackberry riots and
Desiccated branches
An old skid road
Brought ghost ferns and
Hollows filled with
Skunk cabbage
While waves wrapped
Intricate lacings of weeds
'Round mule spinners
His cyanotic eyes
Were hard enough to make
The sun turn tail and
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05-23-08, 02:40 PM #17
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Oh, don't worry... with mortuary science, if you weren't dead to start with, you would be before you got in the coffin. Originally Posted by gozling
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05-23-08, 02:42 PM #18
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I just squirted juice out my nose laughing.... Originally Posted by Ducky
Oh, don't worry... with mortuary science, if you weren't dead to start with, you would be before you got in the coffin.
you buggerhttp://www.allpoetry.com/Grunts%20Girl
We dallied under
Vine maples and sapling alders
Searched for lady slippers
But instead
Found blackberry riots and
Desiccated branches
An old skid road
Brought ghost ferns and
Hollows filled with
Skunk cabbage
While waves wrapped
Intricate lacings of weeds
'Round mule spinners
His cyanotic eyes
Were hard enough to make
The sun turn tail and
Tender enough to attract me
To his world of illusion
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05-23-08, 02:45 PM #19
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Originally Posted by gozling
and some people PAY to have their sinuses flushed.. 
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05-23-08, 02:47 PM #20
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Originally Posted by Ducky
and some people PAY to have their sinuses flushed..
sinus flushing? wtf
i hope for medical reasons only and not as some fad like colon cleaning
lol
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We dallied under
Vine maples and sapling alders
Searched for lady slippers
But instead
Found blackberry riots and
Desiccated branches
An old skid road
Brought ghost ferns and
Hollows filled with
Skunk cabbage
While waves wrapped
Intricate lacings of weeds
'Round mule spinners
His cyanotic eyes
Were hard enough to make
The sun turn tail and
Tender enough to attract me
To his world of illusion
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