Wow, so my brother died.....for awhile.

[kevinmandez]

So glad to hear he's okay! He must have definitely accumulated some good karma in the past to have survived this.

[ToRqUeTwIsTeR]

WoW...that is an awesome ending to a tragic story.

[STANGGT40]

that is incredible! someone is definitely watching over him!

[cobrajet69]

Got a call Friday about 3:00PM, my dad says my brother, Fred.....had been electrocuted at work & coworkers found him dead, no pulse & not breathing.

They did CPR, called 911- when the parametics arrived they defibed him & got a pulse. So he's careflighted to McKinney Regional Hospital. At MRH, they find his pupils barely reactive to light - he's near brain dead. They put him in a cool suit & a drug induced coma. They keep him at 85 degrees & barely alive- he's on a ventilator.

His wife Michelle, who is an RN has him transfered to Parkland around 5:00PM via careflighted to Parkland ( he got shocked around 2:00PM). Friday night his eyes return to normal reactivitiy & brain function picks up, so they take off the cool suit & let him return to normal temps. Saturday morning they let him awaken.....he can speak & breath on his own, but very disoriented & has NO short term memory. We have to tell him every 5 minutes where he's at & what happened.

All day saturday, we have the same discussion with him over & over.
Sunday AM, he's got a little more short term memory, but we'er still worried. Sunday afternoon, he short term memory improves TREMENDOUSLY. Thye says his heart is fine, his 3rd degreee burns too small for skin grafts. They did nuerologiocal workup in Fred - no brain damage.

He's now out of ICU & might get to go home Tuesday. All he's gonna have is a few small scars from the burns!!!! For us...... a miracle!

Best of luck to your brother.
Glad he's getting better.

What a rush, I'm sure.


David

[Ratt]

Wow, that's an incredible story. Hopefully he comes away from it without any permanent damage.

I don't know what I would do without my little brother

[NTexas_V-Star]

That is amazing! I'm happy to hear it, congratulations!

[Saleen781]

that's badass coolio. I wonder if he had any "visions" while down? Would like OP to follow up with us and let us know of his adventures if he had any.

[GhostTX]

Holy crap! Awesome!

[LaserSVT]

So glad to hear. I was getting bummed with the way the post started but it appears he made good progress fast and should be back to normal.

AC is a painfull mofo. Had 480VAC go in one hand and out the other. For almost a month every time I burped I tasted hotdogs.
Also got knocked out cold by a 10K static charge while hanging from a power pole 30' up.

Never had it as bad as your brother though. So glad to hear he came back.

[Fastfox86]

I find it ironic that his temporary death was caused by electrocution and the only way to bring him back was by electrocution. Genius! I'm glad he's doing okay.

[Sgt Beavis]

Man, that is just friggin' awesome. I'm so happy for your family.

[GhostTX]

I find it ironic that his temporary death was caused by electrocution and the only way to bring him back was by electrocution. Genius! I'm glad he's doing okay.

1/10 of an amp to the heart. OFF/ON.

[Treadhead]

Amazing how that happens sometimes. Glad he made it. I too am curious if he had any kind of after death experience.

[white trash wagon]

I find it ironic that his temporary death was caused by electrocution and the only way to bring him back was by electrocution. Genius! I'm glad he's doing okay.

Yeh, we talked about that too. He was released from Parkland about 4:30PM today! He can't drive until next weekend & can go back to work in 2 weeks. Other than daily treatment of his burns....it's over.

[Sgt Beavis]

Yeh, we talked about that too. He was released from Parkland about 4:30PM today! He can't drive until next weekend & can go back to work in 2 weeks. Other than daily treatment of his burns....it's over.

Wow, just friggin WOW!

Again, I'm very happy for your family.