A 13-year-old boy who was said to be brain dead defied odds
when he regained consciousness after his parents had signed papers to donate
his organs.
Trenton McKinley, of Mobile, Ala., was hospitalized two
months ago after a small utility trailer he was in flipped over.
“I hit the concrete and the trailer landed on top of my
head. After that, I don't remember anything," Trenton told FOX10.
Trenton suffered seven skull fractures from the accident.
His parents recalled doctors saying their son “would never be normal again.”
“All I saw was a stretcher with his feet hanging out. He was
dead a total of 15 minutes,” Trenton’s mother, Jennifer Reindl, told FOX10.
“When he came back, they said he would never be normal again. They told me the
oxidation problems would be so bad to his brain, that he would be a vegetable
if he even made it.”
Trenton remained brain dead and was barely breathing in the
days following the crash. His mother ultimately decided to sign papers to
donate Trenton’s organs that would benefit five children who needed
transplants.
"Five kids needed organs that matched him,” Reindl
said. “It was unfair to keep bringing him back, because it was just damaging
his organs even more."
A day before doctors were going to take Trenton off of life
support, the 13-year-old began showing signs of brain activity and movement.
Trenton began breathing on his own and woke up speaking full sentences in late
March, his mother wrote on a Facebook fundraising page.
Trenton still has a long road to recovery and suffers nerve
pain and daily seizures. He has had three brain surgeries and will have another
procedure to reconnect the missing piece of his skull.
Trenton said he believes he went to heaven before he came
back to life.
"I was in an open field walking straight,” Trenton recalled.
"There's no other explanation but God. There's no other way. Even doctors
said it."
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2018/05/06/boy-13-regains-consciousness-after-parents-sign-papers-to-donate-his-organs.html
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