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‘Dead’ baby wakes up for his funeral wake WTF>?>

Posted by Shuttercraft • 8/11/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
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How does this happen?!?

Source:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32355096/#storyContinued

ASUNCION, Paraguay - A baby boy born 16 weeks prematurely was declared dead by doctors at a hospital in Paraguay only to wake up in time for his funeral wake hours later.

Dr. Ernesto Weber, head of pediatric care at the state-run hospital in the capital of Asuncion, said the baby weighed just 500 grams when he was born.

"Initially, the baby didn't move, he practically didn't have any respiratory reflexes, nor did we hear a heartbeat and, as a result, we declared a premature fetus of 24 weeks dead," Weber told Reuters Television.

The family was given a death certificate and a cardboard box with the baby's name scribbled on the outside which served as a makeshift coffin.

But when the family took him from the hospital to prepare him for his funeral, the unbelievable happened.

"I opened the box and took the baby out and he cried. I got scared and I said "the baby's crying" ... and then he started moving his arms, his legs and I got scared, we got very scared," said one member of the family, Liliana Alvarenga.

Hours after the baby's death had been declared he was found to be alive. The hospital has begun an investigation and the baby is now in a stable condition in an incubator.

User Comments

8/11/09

Shuttercraft

This makes me so mad!!!

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8/11/09

freshtunesfinland

Ok. That has to be one of the more disturbing things I've seen lately..

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8/11/09

footiam

That's a miracle!It's a resurrection!

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1. 8/11/09
  
  Shuttercraft
  
  I know, this is crazy!
8/11/09

marketborn

its soul had gone for a trek. Seeing the beautiful world outside it could not contain itself. then it returned back.

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8/11/09

owlbarn

yeah, I saw it on news. It's shocking :O How do such things happen?

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8/11/09

idealpinkrose

Unbelievable but true!

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8/11/09

alancharles

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8/11/09

Chucklington

On the positive side, at least the child is alive, but that is quite horrifying.

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1. 8/11/09
  
  tcinvestor
  
  Sorry to say but I believe the child has since passed away. You may want to check into that a bit deeper. Sad story though.