Grandmother, 70, 'comes back to life' moments before she was about to be cremated
- 5 years ago
A grandmother 'came back to life' moments before she was about to be cremated in Thailand.
Phinij Sopajorn, 70, had been suffering from a severe goitre when she stopped breathing at the hospital last Sunday (October 20) night.
The doctor let the family take the body for a Buddhist funeral and they kept her in a cold coffin at the local temple for three days.
The casket was unloaded from the hearse yesterday (October 23) and taken to the area where the ceremony was taking place.
However, just before the body was about to be loaded into the incinerator, her husband Thawin Sopajorn, 73, began washing her face with a damp flannel, which is a traditional funeral custom.
Thawin noticed that his wife was gently breathing and that her eyes flickered.
He imminently called for help and paramedics arrived and performed CPR before declaring that Phinij was still alive.
The family took her body home where they laid it out next to a warm fan and put hot water bottles on her chest.
Delighted Thawin said that he suspected his wife was still alive because her body had not stiffened.
He said: "After she stopped breathing on Sunday we put her into the coffin and I thought it was strange that her body was not stiff. I bathed her and her body still moved.
"Then during the funeral, I was the last person to touch her before the cremation. I prayed for her to live a happy next life and then I saw her eyes start to move."
"I am so glad that I was right about her being alive. I gave her a hug and called my children, but they thought I had a hallucination."
"However, they had to believe me as my daughter-in-law who is a doctor checked and confirmed that she was alive, but her pulse was very weak."
The doctor called the paramedics and they performed CPR on the grandmother. She was breathing and had a pulse but was not responsive or able to talk.
The family are currently nursing her at home while they monitor her condition, though she is not expected to pull through.
Thawin added: ''My wife's condition was severe and I didn't think she can ever be cured. But she was still alive and it was not her time to die."
''If she was cremated while she was still alive, this would be very bad. How could we allow that? It would be the wrong thing to happen."
''I am very thankful that I noticed my wife was still alive. We will continually take care of her until she passes away.''
Phinij Sopajorn, 70, had been suffering from a severe goitre when she stopped breathing at the hospital last Sunday (October 20) night.
The doctor let the family take the body for a Buddhist funeral and they kept her in a cold coffin at the local temple for three days.
The casket was unloaded from the hearse yesterday (October 23) and taken to the area where the ceremony was taking place.
However, just before the body was about to be loaded into the incinerator, her husband Thawin Sopajorn, 73, began washing her face with a damp flannel, which is a traditional funeral custom.
Thawin noticed that his wife was gently breathing and that her eyes flickered.
He imminently called for help and paramedics arrived and performed CPR before declaring that Phinij was still alive.
The family took her body home where they laid it out next to a warm fan and put hot water bottles on her chest.
Delighted Thawin said that he suspected his wife was still alive because her body had not stiffened.
He said: "After she stopped breathing on Sunday we put her into the coffin and I thought it was strange that her body was not stiff. I bathed her and her body still moved.
"Then during the funeral, I was the last person to touch her before the cremation. I prayed for her to live a happy next life and then I saw her eyes start to move."
"I am so glad that I was right about her being alive. I gave her a hug and called my children, but they thought I had a hallucination."
"However, they had to believe me as my daughter-in-law who is a doctor checked and confirmed that she was alive, but her pulse was very weak."
The doctor called the paramedics and they performed CPR on the grandmother. She was breathing and had a pulse but was not responsive or able to talk.
The family are currently nursing her at home while they monitor her condition, though she is not expected to pull through.
Thawin added: ''My wife's condition was severe and I didn't think she can ever be cured. But she was still alive and it was not her time to die."
''If she was cremated while she was still alive, this would be very bad. How could we allow that? It would be the wrong thing to happen."
''I am very thankful that I noticed my wife was still alive. We will continually take care of her until she passes away.''