There is nothing more heartbreaking or devastating than losing a loved one. Just the thought of not seeing them ever again, not being able to hug them again, nor say the words we would have wanted them to hear definitely pain the heart.
Every family’s worst nightmare came true when Steven Pellettiere-Swapp found his mother, Lyndee, unconscious in their family home.
She fell into a coma that lasted for 12 days and it seemed like there was little hope for the 47-year-old woman. Doctors told her husband, son, Steven, and daughter, Amanda, that there was nothing more they could do for her.
Doctors thought Lyndee Brown Pellettiere-Swapp was dying and would never wake from her coma. But soon after she was removed from life support, Pellettiere-Swapp said three words out loud: “I’m a fighter.”
The Daily Mail reports Pellettiere-Swapp was not brain dead but locked in, a condition where she could hear things around her but was unable to respond or move.
Her family found her unconscious one day back in 2015 and rushed her to the hospital. She suffered several seizures, and after 12 days in the hospital, doctors said her organs were failing. They said the best option would be to turn off her life support, according to the report.
Lyndee’s husband was last, and he whispered to his wife: “You’re a fighter. I need you to fight.”
Lyndee, who couldn’t move, let alone talk, was fully aware of what was going on around her. And she wanted so badly to stay that she was finally able to get a few words out.
“I’m a fighter,” Lyndee whispered. Her family was shocked.
They had just turned off life support, and now the beloved mother and wife was alive! It was nothing short of a miracle.
Lyndee made a full recovery and lived to tell the tale from her point of view.
“Just because you’re not conscious doesn’t mean you can’t hear,” she told CBS 5 Arizona. “You should talk to your loved ones if somebody’s in that situation. They hear you.”
Watch their amazing story below:
Sources: OpposingViews, Daily Mail, CBS 5 Arizona