Loved one's voice calls Filipino American patient out of his coma
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| Godfrey and Corinth Catanus |
Four years ago Godfrey Catanus had his hands full. He was a new dad and an inspirational youth pastor in Southern California. He led groups of volunteers who helped rebuild after Hurricane Katrina and traveled to the Philippines on a charity mission. But then a blood clot in his liver sent the 32-year-old and his wife Corinth rushing to the hospital.
This week, CBS News brought this story to our attention about a Filipino American who went into a coma and the love and faith of his family kept his spirit alive even in his deep slumber.
His wife Corinth writes on their website:
"On February 11, I brought my husband to the ER for symptoms of abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. They found a blood clot in the portal vein, one of the major veins of his liver. He was admitted to the hospital that evening and over the next several days, they ran tests and procedures and were still unable to find the cause of the blood clot. He was discharged from the hospital the afternoon of February 17. That evening, he started having severe abdominal pain along with more vomiting and I took him back to the ER. The morning of February 18, his body went into shock. He was placed on a ventilator and rushed to the intensive care unit. The blood clot in the portal vein had extended into the mesenteric areas and was rushed to the Operating Room and ended up having 3 1/2 feet of small intestine taken out. They soon found out that he also had a brain hemorrhage and underwent neurosurgery for 9 hours that same afternoon."Today, Godfrey is back home in Irving, California but his recovery will be long. He is able to communicate with his iPad.
He says that he remembers hearing his wife's voice while in a coma and was comforted as he fought his way back out of the darkness.
View the CBS report below and read about the miraculous recovery of Godfrey Catanus.
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