What would you do if doctors told you a loved one would certainly die? Would you silently agree, or fight against all odds? Despite what the doctors told her, one local woman facing this dilemma refused to let her husband die.
On June 3, 2003, Dan Mountain's wife discovered him unconscious on the floor.
"I knew right away what had happened. Dan was on the ground and I could tell he was paralyzed," said Dorothy Mountain.
At UCLA Medical Center, doctors explained a blood vessel burst, creating a huge blood clot in Dan's brain.
The staff called in the neurosurgery specialist.
"This is 11:30 p.m. at night in the deep, dark dungeons of our hospital, trying to relay to her I thought there was really no hope," said Dr. John Frazee. "But she was very insistent, so that night we went to surgery."
"They didn't even know if he'd survive the surgery," said Dorothy.
Dan survived, but three weeks later it appeared he would never wake.
"They wanted me to make this decision: 'You need to take him off life support.' And I had family fly in, people were begging me, begging me. And I just couldn't," said Dorothy
Finally, Dan's wife decided to end the life support. Then amazingly, he woke up.next.............
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