A 37-year-old father who was pronounced brain dead suddenly showed signs of life only moments before his organs were about to be harvested.
Ryan Marlow was rushed to Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in North Carolina suffering from listeria. His condition worsened after swelling in his brain and doctors declared him ‘clinically deceased.’
His wife Megan was told that because he was an organ donor, he would be kept on life support while his liver, lung and heart recipients were being located.
According to reports, Ryan caught listeria which is usually caused by eating contaminated food and takes the lives of around 1,600 people a year in the U.S.
His heartbroken family gathered to say their final goodbyes but when Megan got to the hospital, she was told that her husband had moved his feet when he was shown videos of their children.
A doctor also explained that a CT scan showed signs of brain activity.
“Because of his rare circumstance, they called in an expert panel and discovered that they made a mistake and that my husband, in fact, did not pass away.
“Literally the (organ removal) team was waiting there to take him… I told the nurse ‘stop everything right now.’”
The mother was told that her husband had still suffered a traumatic brain stem injury and was in a deep coma.
“Long story short… he’s not brain dead, my friends. He’s not brain dead,” she went on.
“God’s kept him here. He’s supposed to be dead, he’s supposed to be at the funeral home right now according to these doctors.”
Ryan’s condition remains precarious but he has shown signs of twitching and an elevated heart rate.
Megan documents her husband’s condition online and her livestreams have attracted thousands of viewers.
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