I've just lifted a news headline that had fascinated me and I quote, "Woman dies, delivers baby, returns to life". Doesn't it sound like a thriller never told?
Erica Nigrelli, a teacher at the Elkins High school in Missouri city, was teaching English when she'd passed out. The 32 year old lady was pregnant and her baby was due in three weeks. By the time she was rushed to the hospital, the doctors could not find a pulse. Her heart had stopped!
The doctors, then, delivered the baby by emergency Cesarean section. Technically, it was termed as a postmortem delivery. The baby was healthy and kicking. And then, something remarkable had happened - Erica's heart started beating again!
The little baby girl has been named Elayna and both, the mother and her daughter are back home and doing great according to the latest reports.
And a couple of interesting facts connected to the story:-
(a) The doctors say that nine out of ten such cases die following the initial collapse.
(b) Erica's husband, Nathan, a teacher in the same school went through the agony and ended up in
ecstasy!
Here's wishing Nathan, Erica and li'l Elayna a wonderful life together for many, many years!
Tailpiece.
How does one explain the phenomenon? Was Erica, sent back by God to take care of l'il Elayna? Or was it a mistake on the part of 'Lord Yama' and if yes, do gods also make mistakes like us, mortals, as one has gleaned from the stories from the epics?
Erica Nigrelli, a teacher at the Elkins High school in Missouri city, was teaching English when she'd passed out. The 32 year old lady was pregnant and her baby was due in three weeks. By the time she was rushed to the hospital, the doctors could not find a pulse. Her heart had stopped!
The doctors, then, delivered the baby by emergency Cesarean section. Technically, it was termed as a postmortem delivery. The baby was healthy and kicking. And then, something remarkable had happened - Erica's heart started beating again!
The little baby girl has been named Elayna and both, the mother and her daughter are back home and doing great according to the latest reports.
And a couple of interesting facts connected to the story:-
(a) The doctors say that nine out of ten such cases die following the initial collapse.
(b) Erica's husband, Nathan, a teacher in the same school went through the agony and ended up in
ecstasy!
Here's wishing Nathan, Erica and li'l Elayna a wonderful life together for many, many years!
Tailpiece.
How does one explain the phenomenon? Was Erica, sent back by God to take care of l'il Elayna? Or was it a mistake on the part of 'Lord Yama' and if yes, do gods also make mistakes like us, mortals, as one has gleaned from the stories from the epics?
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