If you missed the news tonight, the picture above is a family that believes in miracles. The husband, Tony, was declared legally dead for 45 minutes and came back to life!
That afternoon in the hospital Tony's heart stopped, according to WHIO TV, and for 45 minutes while doctors tried to revive him, the cardiac monitor stayed flat-lined.
Finally, doctors declared him dead and his son Lawrence, 17, ran to his father's hospital bed.
"Dad, you're not going to die today," he said, according to ABC.
And he didn't die. After Lawrence had pleaded for his father to stay alive, medical staff said they noticed his heart beat pulsing again once or twice each minute, according to ABC.
"When I looked at the electrical activity, I was surprised," Nazir told ABC. "I thought we'd better make another effort to revive him."
His heart rate sped up and a week later, Yahle is already feeling well enough to speak to television cameras, telling media he thought his survival was miraculous.
The doctor, who expected Yahle to at least require a heart transplant, used similar words to describe the patient's recovery.
"I'm calling it a miracle because I've never seen anything like it," Nazir told ABC.
Another patient in Australia also came back to life last week after her heart stopped for 42 minutes, according toAgence-France Presse.
Wow that is something! When I had my heart attack, it amazed my doctors I walked in the hospital like everything was okay. Miracles happen everyday!
