22 Month Old Drowning Victim Begins To Breath When Being Prepared For Funeral Home

[MosMom]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5085797/

BOISE, Idaho - A hospital worker preparing a 22-month-old for a funeral home noticed the boy was breathing — more than an hour after he had been pronounced dead from drowning.

Logan Pinto apparently wandered away from his baby sitter Thursday and fell into a canal near his home in Rexburg, about 275 miles east of Boise. He was submerged for nearly 30 minutes before police found him a half-mile downstream, said Rexburg police Capt. Randy Lewis.

Though an officer gave him CPR and emergency workers did everything they could to revive him, Lewis said, the boy was pronounced dead when it appeared the effort had failed. After giving the boy’s mother and stepfather — Debra and Joe Gould — some time to say goodbye, Madison Memorial Hospital nurse Mary Zollinger began to prepare Logan’s body for the funeral home.

But when she looked at the boy, she noticed his chest was slightly moving and realized that Logan was alive.

The boy was flown to Primary Children’s Medical Center in Salt Lake City, where he was listed in critical condition Friday. Late Thursday, he was breathing on his own and his color had returned, but he was placed back on a respirator Friday, Lewis said.

“I’m just amazed and overwhelmed with what took place,” Lewis said. “They aggressively worked on him for quite a bit of time, and of course it’s a bad situation when you have to let the parents know that their son has passed away.”

But despair turned to joy when emergency workers learned the boy was alive.

“It’s called divine intervention, I think. I was dumbfounded. I couldn’t believe it hardly, especially after leaving there and seeing what had transpired,” Lewis said. “I don’t know how to explain it. It’s joyous and relieving.”



I wonder if he will have any brain damage from being gone for that long. Anyone in Idaho know more about this?

 

[RachelEllen]

How sad. I wonder if the water was cold? Kids especially, can really slow thier metabolism when suddenly cold. It can be difficult to tell if they are dead or just severely hypothermic. It seems very likely that he will have significant brain damage, but sometimes that same reflex can be protective as well.

Rachel

 

[Microcell]

I hope he dosen't have brain damage, but how great that the worker figured it out in time!

 

[princesstommi]

wow. Now I'm interested in finding out how well the child recovers from this. That's an amazing story.

 

[Melora]

They have new guidelines that state if a person (especially a child) has been submerged in cold water they must bring their body temperature up to normal before pronouncing them dead.

 

[Aimeedyan]

WOW

 

[hrh_disney_queen]

I hope there is no brain damage, and he is OK..

 

[C.Ann]

Talk about a "second chance"!!

Brain damaged or not, I'm sure the parents are just thrilled that he's ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[HappyMommy2]

I don't have time to look the story up right now but didn't something similar just happen a few months ago to a little girl around that age--maybe in California? Seems like there was a press release recently that said she had major brain damage
but otherwise was doing all right.

I pray that this little boy will somehow recover completely! What a miracle. I can't even imagine what his parents have been through!

 

[Mickey's sunshine]

How incredibly amazing! I hope he has no effects from this and has a long happy life.

 

[Nutsy]

Gosh, that is incredible. I do hope though that he hasn't suffered too much/if any brain damage.

But I guess his parents are thrilled that he is alive regardles of the possilbe outcome.

 

[ripleysmom]

I hope that he recovers completely or has minimal brain damage.