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After 30 minutes of unsuccessful resuscitation attempts, doctors told two-week-old Woody Lander's parents to say their final goodbyes. Thinking they were holding him for the last time, they instead noticed that Woody twitched and then coughed and started breathing again. Now 14 months old, at home in Leeds, England, he is a happy, healthy little boy.
Woody had suffered a massive heart attack and was rushed to Leeds General Infirmary in December 2005. His parents, Jon and Karen Lander, had welcomed him into the world only two weeks earlier, when he was born apparently healthy, weighing 7 pounds, 11 ounces, the Daily Mail reported.
"It was awful. Those 30 minutes seemed to last forever," remembered his father Jon, according to the Daily Mail. "After what seemed like an eternity the doctor came out and said, 'I think we have done all we can.' ... We were taken back to see him and Woody was handed to us to say goodbye. We were just in bits. We didn't know what to say or do.
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Source: HighBeam Research, "Miracle Baby" Wakes after Doctors Stop Resuscitation.(Brief article)