Dead On Arrival, But That Didn’t Stop God

“Man, you are a miracle --- you should have been gone. You shouldn't even be here.”

Melissa Fair had good reason to be concerned about her husband David; he’d had a heart attack before. She says, “I jumped out of bed, I went to the restroom, and he says, call 9-1-1, I'm having chest pain ----I was very scared.”

David was then taken to Resolute Baptist Medical Center in New Braunfels, TX where his cardiologist, Dr. Jaweed Sayeed was called into the ER. According to Dr. Sayeed, “from the EKG, we knew that this is gonna be like something serious. The patient actually had no pulse; he wasn't breathing and there was no blood pressure, and there was no heart rate.”

Despite the staff’s best attempts, David was still unresponsive, and Melissa had to face the reality of her hopes of a peaceful retirement with her husband deteriorating. She says, “I said, what all have you done? And she says, we gave him seven rounds of epi. At that point I thought, he's not coming back. I asked the doctor, when do you call the code? Because I was ready to call it.  I didn't know what to think, I didn't know what to pray, I didn’t even know, I just said, Lord, your will be done.

After half an hour, doctors decided to give David his 8th and final shot of epinephrine; it was a rare move, but IT WORKED. However, Melissa knew her husband wasn’t yet out of the woods --- according to her, “My husband comes back fighting, kicking, screaming ---- and I'm thinking, oh my God! But at that point, I'm not even thinking, oh, you saved his life, I'm thinking, what's life's gonna be after this?”

That’s because by then, David’s brain had been without oxygen for 34 minutes. So, although doctors could now put a stent in the blocked artery, David might never be the same man.

Then, in an unexpected turn of events, David woke up the next morning, with no major cognitive impairment! Since his release, David has had no major issues with his heart, and he’s regained all of his cognitive abilities! Although Melissa does assist him with some physical tasks, they both continue to celebrate the miracle God gave them. 

David said: “You know, one of the questions that I asked God was, why me? That's when it really started hitting me. You are here for a purpose --- it’s like God was still speaking to me. You know, listen son, I brought you back for a reason. You ought to spread my message to anybody and to everybody that wants to hear it. 

If I don't do anything else left on this earth, it's to convey this, his message to people, to let them understand that he's real.”