Ryan Marlow, a 37-year-old pastor from North Carolina, was declared dead by doctors. Ryan has been battling a bacterial illness called listeria. His brain was severely swollen and eventually became comatose.
Megan Marlow, Ryan’s wife, was told on August 27 that her husband was brain dead. She spent the next few days mourning her loss. Though Ryan remained on life support because he is an organ donor.
On August 29, Megan received a phone call from the doctor at the hospital saying that Ryan had suffered traumatic brain damage and that they would change the time of death from August 27th to the following morning of August 30th. This was when Ryan’s organs would be harvested and his life support would be switched off.
Megan asked if he was still brain dead and they told her yes. Megan went to the hospital the next day to say goodbye to her husband.
As she arrived though, another relative visiting Ryan met Megan and told her that Ryan had just moved his feet when he was shown videos of his family!
Megan immediately took action and said, “I went into the hallway. Literally the OR team was ready to take him, and I tell the nurse ‘I need tests done now to see if he’s brain dead.’“
The tests showed that Ryan had blood flowing to his brain and that he was not brain dead. As of today, Ryan is still on life support. Doctors are still saying that they don’t think Ryan will ever fully recover.
However, Megan shares her husbands faith and is praying for another miracle. In another update on September 6th, Megan said “Ryan has had some big movements today as well. He pulled his knees together, moved both feet and hands, and moved his right shoulder almost like he was trying to move his whole arm. I watched his muscles flex down his arm to his fingers. He has also had eye movements under his lids. Thank you Lord for the glimmers of hope!”
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