PA ImagesA man who was declared brain-dead and had his life support turned off has recovered now being alive and well.
61-year-old T. Scott Marr was found lying in his bed unresponsive but breathing on December 12 being diagnosed with having a stroke.
Rushed to Methodist Hospital in Omaha, the father-of-four was put into intensive care and was placed on a breathing machine.
When his family returned the following day (December 13), Marr had shown no signs of neurological improvement with brain swelling, mainly in the back of is brain, concerning doctors.
As reported by The Daily Mail, Dr Rebecca Runge told a press conference it didn’t look good for Marr explaining:
We were worried in this case that this was not a reversible process and that it was going to proceed to brain death.
With Marr not expected to recover, his family faced a harsh reality and a tough decision.
PAMarr’s daughter Preston told the press her dad had told the family he didn’t want them seeing him ‘lying in a hospital bed, lying in a nursing home’ and so they decided to remove his breathing tubes.
She said:
They told us he was on his way to brain death, so we said our goodbyes before extubating him, all the monitors were shut off and we waited by his side.
But Marr kept breathing and continued to do so on his own the next morning when his children returned to the hospital skipping their appointment at a funeral home.
PA ImagesPreston explained how her dad was also responsive saying:
I asked him to move his thumbs, and he slowly moved his thumbs, and I asked him to wiggle his toes, and he wiggled all his toes really slightly.
Telling doctors the news, another test was ordered which showed Marr was suffering from a rare condition known as posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome which is commonly caused by high blood pressure but there are many things that can lead to it.
The swelling Marr experienced is not typical of the syndrome hence a stroke was the original diagnosis.
PA ImagesFollowing weeks of therapy Marr is now well meaning his family now call him the ‘miracle man’.
Crediting faith for his survival, Marr said ‘I don’t want to make this into a huge religious thing but I’ll tell you what: It was pretty much a miracle’.
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