My wife, 42, stunned doctors when she woke up AFTER medics switched off her life support – we thought she would die
A HUSBAND has shared how his wife stunned doctors when she woke up AFTER medics switched off her life support.
The miraculous recovery happened after Kate Green, 42, was left in a coma following a massive stroke, and her family was told to expect the worst.
But to everyone’s surprise, the mum took a deep breath and opened her eyes as soon as the doctors switched off her ventilator.
Doctors told her husband Adam Green, 44: “We loved being proved wrong – this is remarkable.”
Adam and the couple’s seven-year-old son, Stanley, had been told that Kate had a pontine brain haemorrhage and could not be operated on.
That night, doctors told Adam to expect the worst when they switched off her ventilator the following day.
Civil servant Adam, 44, said: “They didn’t expect the outlook to be a good one, given the massive bleed that she encountered, and it’s quite rare that people do survive from such a thing.”
The family’s nightmare began on December 2 when Kate and Stanley returned from a trip to the swimming baths and she complained of an unusual headache.
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Within minutes she was curled up on her bed in the foetal position and told Adam: “I can’t move.”
Civil cervant Adam said: “Kate was murmuring and frothing at the mouth, that’s when Stanley got on the bed and said ‘mummy, mummy I love you mummy.’
Kate was rushed to the hospital and placed in an induced coma as her prospects of recovery were bleak.
She was not expected to survive until Christmas.
But Kate proved everyone wrong and opened her eyes.
From that moment the ventilator was only needed to supply about 25% of her oxygen, with Kate breathing for herself at three-quarters her normal capacity.
Adam said: “Even at that point, there was no indication as to what quality of life she might have.
“The worst-case scenario when she was admitted was that she would die, but then it kind of shifted slightly to she might be in a vegetative state and be in a nursing home all her life.”
REMARKABLE
Although she faces a lengthy struggle, the prospect of getting her back to the family home in Rotherham, South Yorks, is more than they dared hope for.
Adam added: “It’s been horrific and incredibly stressful. The first few weeks were just awful – lots of tears and just disbelief. But when she started flickering her fingers, it was like a miracle.
“People don’t tend to survive it, so the fact that she’s come out of this whole situation is remarkable.
It is thought Kate’s fitness may have played a part in her amazing recovery. She is a keen runner who set up a park run in her home town.
She now faces a long fight back to health as her mobility slowly returns and Adam has now raised £31,810 after setting a £30,000 target to pay for intensive rehabilitation.
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