Alexus claimed he then told hospital staff to stop CPR, saying: “As long as there are no objections, I’d like to call time of death.”
Despite being declared dead by the doctor, Alexus says her mother-in-law thought she could hear him breathing.
“My mother-in-law is there, and she goes over, and she hugs him,” Alexus told ABC15.
“And she’s like, hey. It sounds like he’s breathing and I was like, what? They’re like, oh, it’s normal. It’s normal that it’s gonna sound like that, but that’s normal.”
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The family were reportedly told this sound was ‘agonal breathing’, an involuntary brainstem reflex characterized by gasping, labored, and irregular breathing. It is described as an indication that the brain is severely deprived of oxygen and that death may be imminent.
Hours later, however, Vincent was found alive in the hospital morgue by staff preparing to transport his body.
