- The baby was born prematurely when her mother was only 32 weeks old.
A newborn baby girl appeared to “come back to life” after being sprinkled with holy water during her wake in front of her stunned relatives in Paraguay.
The girl was born prematurely when her 21-year-old mother was only 32 weeks pregnant. The young mother was taken to the hospital last Friday after suffering breathing problems.
The doctors decided that it would be best to give birth to her baby prematurely, since both the mother’s and her daughter’s lives were at risk since the mother-to-be was not receiving enough oxygen.
After an emergency cesarean section, her family received the news that the girl had no vital signs and had died. They later collected a death certificate and obtained a small coffin to hold a funeral for her.
The hospital handed over the baby’s body to father Ignacio Medina Vega, who put his daughter in a small coffin and organized a modest funeral, but during the wake, her uncle saw the baby shake her head after being doused with water. blessed
The hospital handed over the baby’s body to Father Ignacio Medina Vega (left), who placed his daughter in a small coffin and organized a modest funeral.
But during the wake, his uncle saw the baby shake his head after being sprinkled with holy water (pictured: the coffin in which the baby lay).
Ignacio (left, next to his daughter’s coffin) told local media: ‘When the uncle came to say goodbye to her, he saw that the baby was moving her head and breathing. Then we went to look and we could see her little heart beating’
Ignacio told local media: ‘When the uncle came to say goodbye to her, he saw that the baby was moving her head and breathing.’
And he added: “Then we went to look and we could see his little heart beating.”
The family immediately took the baby back to the Ciudad del Este Regional Hospital in the Paraguayan city of the same name.
Doctors placed the newborn in an incubator in intensive care, where she is still fighting for survival.
The father said: ‘She started crying when a doctor grabbed her. The doctors told us it was a miracle. The serious thing is that we were about to bury her alive.’
It is estimated that the baby remained in the coffin for more than four hours and the lid was closed for approximately half of that time.
After her supposed ‘resurrection’, the baby’s parents have decided to name her Milagros de Jesús – which translates as Miracle of Jesus -, according to local media.
The girl, who weighs less than 600 grams, is back in the hospital, where doctors have given her a “very reserved prognosis.”
Meanwhile, hospital officials are trying to establish why she was declared dead.
Hospital spokesman Federico Schrodel said they do not rule out the possibility of catalepsy, a condition characterized by a lack of response to external stimuli, loss of consciousness and rigidity of the body.
And he added: ‘Because it is premature this is something that can happen, the patient is left practically without vital signs.’