Girl, 3, wakes up during her own funeral

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Filipino toddler declared dead after days of high fever last week

Mourners were shocked when a 3-year-old girl woke up during her own funeral in the Philippines.

The girl was brought to a local clinic last week after experiencing a high fever for several days, police told the Philippine Star.

A day later, doctors declared her dead after no longer feeling a pulse.

Video of the funeral went viral after a mourner saw the unnamed girl's head move while arranging the coffin. Someone checked her pulse and found that she was, indeed, alive, the Daily Mirror reported.

The girl was given water, taken back to a clinic for observation and returned to her family.

Police told the Star they believe she remains "in a state of comatose" at the house.

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How is she bring fed if she in a state of comatose and at home? I doubt the family can afford to have all medical equipment to keep her alive.
 
whatdidyousay! said:
How is she bring fed if she in a state of comatose and at home? I doubt the family can afford to have all medical equipment to keep her alive.
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It may not be accurate information because of lack of skill in translating from Spanish to English.
 
poor medical care or miracle or both...I bet many gone to own funeral still alive,the very thought just horrible
 
Jane B. said:
It may not be accurate information because of lack of skill in translating from Spanish to English.
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Bottesini said:
English and Tagalog are the languages of the Philipines.
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I will admit I did not look up about their languages. I just assumed because of the many years they belonged to Spain and the link I read seeming to be written in broken English.
 
She's actually dead now, this time for real. I didn't see any mention of any doctors saying that she was alive prior to her being tested on Monday. I'm wondering if they just thought that she had moved.
 
Jane B. said:
I will admit I did not look up about their languages. I just assumed because of the many years they belonged to Spain and the link I read seeming to be written in broken English.
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You've never known any Filipinos?

I've known many, especially in the Navy, and as neighbors. Many of them have Spanish surnames but they all spoke Tagalog and English.

If you haven't know any Filipinos, you also missed out on a great culinary experience. Our Filipino friends were very generous with their cooking. Mmm, adobo, pancit, puto, lumpia . . . !

Sadly, good medical care in the Philippines is scarce, and many families, even in the States, depend on folk remedies instead.
 
Reba said:
You've never known any Filipinos?

I've known many, especially in the Navy, and as neighbors. Many of them have Spanish surnames but they all spoke Tagalog and English.
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never knew they had some Filipinoes in US Navy, wonder why, also wonder why its spelt with a "GF" than a "Ph" ,convenience or something , I mean convention , hmmm

Reba said:
If you haven't know any Filipinos, you also missed out on a great culinary experience. Our Filipino friends were very generous with their cooking. Mmm, adobo, pancit, puto, lumpia . . . !
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hmmm, never knew this also, food names of their cusines....guess you already knew this before that "Foods of the world" event you took place last year - recall Pavalova from NZ (me) lol!

pretty sure someone in your group/club did some of these Phillipines' foods right?
u like them? what they like more like Thais or Indians or Chinese?
cross between what? Singaporean Laska noodles?!

Reba said:
Sadly, good medical care in the Philippines is scarce, and many families, even in the States, depend on folk remedies instead.
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seem as they had memory scars in cultural form as it was bad over there so its habits reactions are replicated in the U.S. ..??
 
ps . sorry folks for changing subjects my apology!! indeed i have heard of this kind of news it nor ultra rare but bodies do sometime 're animates' itself for some weird reason...hell couple years ago in Brazil a boy 'woke up' asking for glass of water (drank it?? i don't think so but...) then he slumped right back dead -at the funeral in the open casket- very strange....

funeral people/doctors/undertakers drain bodies of blood not only to fill with embalming but to make sure they stay dead....

insurance complexity, death papers, wills complexes, stuff like that - they don't like it...
in other countries/culture they prefer fast funeral - Islams within 2-3 days, if a Arab or Muslim/Islam student at my uni dies , they'd fly body right over home within next nearest flights s possible....without doctors interfering because of they beliefs to leave bodies pure....
 
Grummer said:
never knew they had some Filipinoes in US Navy, wonder why, also wonder why its spelt with a "GF" than a "Ph" ,convenience or something , I mean convention , hmmm
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After the Allies liberated the Philippines and Guam in World War Two, the people of those Pacific island nations and some others were invited to enlist in the U.S. Navy. For a variety of reasons, they were glad to do it. Reasons were: thankfulness for their liberation, a good-paying job (their nations were very poor), and an opportunity to become American citizens. They signed up from their home countries. Eventually, many of them moved to America, and brought their extended families with them.

For decades, Filipinos had a hard time getting the documentation and clearance for classified job specialities in the Navy, so most of them were assigned as stewards and cooks. (Billets that had been traditionally held by black sailors until segregation was banned in the military.) Stewards (later called Ship's Servicemen) were like servants for the officers, preparing food for the ward room (officers dining room on a ship), making their bunks, doing their laundry, cleaning their spaces, cutting hair, etc. On shore bases, they served in the senior officers' quarters. Eventually, they started getting clearances and more opportunities. When I was on active duty, one of my shipmates was a Filipino (we were both Navy journalists).

When they retired from the Navy, some went back to the PI, and lived like royalty (their pensions went a looong way in that area). Others brought their families to the States to settle down.

hmmm, never knew this also, food names of their cusines....guess you already knew this before that "Foods of the world" event you took place last year - recall Pavalova from NZ (me) lol!
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Yes, I'll never forget the Pavlova. :lol:

Yes, I've known about Filipino food for decades; been eating it since the '70's. I love it!

pretty sure someone in your group/club did some of these Phillipines' foods right?
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Yep. Especially the lumpia (they are like egg rolls, only better, and are excellent finger foods for group events).

u like them? what they like more like Thais or Indians or Chinese?
cross between what? Singaporean Laska noodles?!
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Not exactly, although they do serve rice with everything. Maybe similar to Indonesian. Pancit is like a fine, light, rice noodle but more of an angel-hair texture than like spaghetti. Some Filipino dishes are served in Asian restaurants.

seem as they had memory scars in cultural form as it was bad over there so its habits reactions are replicated in the U.S. ..??
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I think it's just tradition, and remedies they made up due to lack of medical education.
 
I don't know. It is all so confusing. I think that it was the body reflex while dead and I think there might be a word for Wake funeral. This is so unreal. Wow. If they claim that she was alive after waking up. She had been sick a long time. If the doctors said that there were no pulse or confirming there is brain dead, then she is dead. :shock:
 
Bebonang said:
I don't know. It is all so confusing. I think that it was the body reflex while dead and I think there might be a word for Wake funeral. This is so unreal. Wow. If they claim that she was alive after waking up. She had been sick a long time. If the doctors said that there were no pulse or confirming there is brain dead, then she is dead. :shock:[/QUO


Maybe her brain reflexes occurred but she still really was dead. Sad
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Grummer said:
funeral people/doctors/undertakers drain bodies of blood not only to fill with embalming but to make sure they stay dead....
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To make sure they stay dead? Seriously? WRONG. Embalming fluid preserves the body and gives the skin a more natural appearance when it bonds with cells after death since no blood is flowing.
 
ncff07 said:
To make sure they stay dead? Seriously? WRONG. Embalming fluid preserves the body and gives the skin a more natural appearance when it bonds with cells after death since no blood is flowing.
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erm , yes its to do with appearance, but draining blood is to really make sure, its true.
 
I guess they don't completely embalm over there.... :ugh:

I think Grummer just put it... umm... "intensely" is all...

The embalming process does involve the complete draining of the blood and insertion of embalming fluid. Thank GOD they didn't in this case!!! However, that is typical protocol is to completely drain the body of all blood in the embalming process. :ugh:

I am very happy and sure the family is very happy to have the little girl alive! Again, thank goodness they didn't follow typical procedure in this case!
 
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