Miracle: Woman Wakes up Just Hours Before Family Was to End Life Support

Kent had lost hope that his wife would survive after he found her sick on the bathroom floor and doctors said the medication she needed to keep her organs functioning would likely result in her sacrificing her arms and legs.

Kent and his son, Ryan, watched helplessly for weeks as Teri’s tongue swelled and the tip of her nose, hands and feet turned black . . .

“We came to the conclusion as a family that the next day we were going to remove her from life support,” Ryan says . . .

That’s when she opened her eyes . . .

OB-GYN Dr. Jennifer Ashton explains that Teri had group A strep, which led to sepsis, which is caused when bacteria gets into the bloodstream and spreads throughout the body. Medication can lower the blood pressure to help prevent the infection from reaching and shutting down the vital organs, but if the arms and legs don’t receive enough blood, the tissue can die and the limbs have to be amputated. (Read more from “Miracle: Woman Wakes up Just Hours Before Family Was to End Life Support” HERE)

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