Woman Wakes Up After Family Says Goodbye, Tubes Pulled
Patient Brought To Cleveland Clinic

POSTED: 12:58 pm EDT May 22, 2008
UPDATED: 11:02 am EDT May 25, 2008


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.



of course she thanked god, but was it really a miracle?

I have read other cases where people were dead and came back to life. The one I thought was interesting was a guy who had been in a car accident. His body was kept in a cooler for three days. They took it out to do an autopsy and he came alive.

Another one was in a third world country. A man was shot and died. His body remained in the open and could not be removed because of the state of war going on. Rigor mortis set in, and even maggots were eating the flesh around the wound. Then he came back to life.

These things are amazing.

I read of one older man who died while amongst a group of his peers. They were a spiritual group. After he died everyone gathered around the body and placed their hands on him and concentrated on bringing life back to him.

He too came back alive.

I think that death has little to do with the body's functions or condition. I think the soul or essence of that individual leaves the body by choice. It is a choice made from the higher self, not from the body self.

If you are tired and sick and your body is a wreck and you slip out of it and feel how wonderful being free from that is, you can choose to go or stay. It takes a lot of courage to stay and face the pain of life.

JB

i'd heard of your first incident the others no, very interesting to say the least. hmmmm?????

there are so many weird things in this world that just make my jaw drop in awe.

The truth is stranger than fiction they say.

My heart stop when I had my daughter it was only for a moment but it was the most amazing experience I did not want to come back however my dad who has been gone for 30 years told me I had to.............so here I am.