"Daddy, can I have some water?": 'Dead' boy wakes up at his own funeral and asks for a drink

Originally posted by Blackmarketeer
You'd think the authors would take the trouble to write some basic details about this in their article - where did this occur? No mention of a location - other than the image of a map. Do we just assume it was in Belem, Brazil?.

Judging by the name of the hospital, yes, as there's a hospital that (or almost) name in Belem.

What happened to the kid? Is he alive or dead? He sat up, asked for water, laid back down, then what?

It says in the article

... and didn’t move again. We couldn’t wake him.”

It also says (but before the part I just quoted, that article is a mess) that the doctors confirmed he was dead.

soon to be a snopes entry

as fake

I finally found an article in Portuguese, in which the story is explained in more detail.

Here's a translation of the original article, that can be found here.

Child given up for dead in the coffin

Case occurred during wake of the child

Pará - A situation at least strange is being investigated by the Civil Police from Icoaraci, Belém District. One child, who had been declared dead, has shown signs of life inside the coffin, in his own wake. According to the father, the child came to talk with family and asked for water. Earlier on Tuesday (5), the family held a protest in front of Abelardo Santos Hospital, where the child has been treated.

According to the family, the case happened at dawn on Saturday (2), in the house where he lived on the island of Cotijuba. The boy Kelvin Santos, two years and three months old, declared dead by doctors at the Hospital Abelardo Santos in Icoaraci on Friday (1), gave the first signs of life. 'His aunt noticed that he was still breathing, and a little later, he opened his eyes, "said the father, the farmer Antônio Santos, stating that the first signs of life were perceived around 0h40.

After that, according to the father, the child would have returned to an immobile state, as if he were really dead. The wake then followed its course until about 15h, when another unexpected situation occurred. According to the father, the boy lifted from the coffin and said, 'Father, give me water,' he reported. Still scared of the fact, Antônio tried to take the doctor from the health clinic on the island to his home, but as he failed, took the child, unconscious, to the health unit where he was evaluated. 'The doctor assured him that he was dead, "lamented the father.

Considering this fact, the father decided to wait another hour because the funeral was scheduled for the 16 hours, hoping that the boy woke up, what did not happen. The boy then was buried in the cemetery of Icoaraci. The father blames the Abelardo Santos Hospital for the evaluation. He filed a complaint in a police precinct in Icoaraci to clarify the case.

The case - the boy's father complained that there was error in the assessment of the child. The child seen at Abelardo Santos Hospital with pneumonia, on Friday (1), have been subjected to excessive applications of aerosol, which would have caused a respiratory arrest. 'He made four applications, and the third said he was not holding up and asked me to stop. When I went to the doctor, he said he had to do because of the severity of the case, "said her father.

Then, according to the father, the child had a respiratory arrest and was transferred to the resuscitation room at about 19:30. Fifteen minutes later, the doctors reported that the boy had died. 'They already brought him in a plastic bag saying he had stopped breathing, "lamented the father.

The burial document of the child listed the cause of death respiratory failure, dehydration and pneumonia.

Another side-note in the State Department of Health (SESPA), the Director of the Regional Hospital Abelardo Santos (HRAS) reported that the patient KSS, two years and seven months, coming from the island of Cotijuba, was admitted to the 15h34 last Friday (1), with fever for five days and breathlessness for three days. He was accompanied by his father, Antonio Carlos F. dos Santos. The boy was examined by the doctor on duty, found that dehydration and pneumonia, requesting laboratory tests and X-ray.

Also according to SESPA at 19:30, the duty of the evening was called to find the child with cardiac arrest. The patient was taken to the serious cases room, where he underwent resuscitation procedures, but without success. The death occurred at 19:40. The death certificate shows cause of death as respiratory failure, pneumonia and dehydration.

Badly shaken by the news, the father, according to SESPA, was received by the Social Service of HRAS. On that occasion, he said he was unable to afford the funeral, so funeral help was asked from the Pope John XXIII Foundation (Funpapa). The Sespa said the body was released at 23h08.

It looks like a real (and strange) case after all.

Soundas like he got into some Burundanga,,,hope he doesnt awaken in the coffin...

Truly sad for this family - hopes were given
that the boy might be alive and then taken
away. Very much like the little one died twice.

According to this page (in Portuguese):

The boy also had burped and spit out a piece of cotton. A relative put some anointing oil in the boy's mouth. Antônio hugged his son and took him on a bike to the Cotijuba Health Unit.

Once there, the doctor on duty gave the child as dead. "He (doctor) said if my son was alive he would have died on the way to hospital." The father believes that the HRAS was negligent and that could have saved the boy's life. "I want justice. He had a chance to get out of here alive, "he protested, with tears in his eyes.

Edited to add that on above link they call the say the boy's name was "Kelvys" instead of "Kelvin"

Surely this happened because Jesus is just SO GREAT?

Hearing stories about folks coming back to life after being officially declared dead makes me wonder why anyone would wish to placed UNDERGROUND in a CASKET when they are "dead"...

Cremation for me.

reply to post by OpenEars123


Well, the father did asked for god's help...

"I said, God, if You exist, bring my son back," said the father of Kelvys Santos, two years, which, according to death certificate, died on the night of Friday (01) at the Regional Hospital Abelardo Santos (HRAS), in Belém

Source (in Portuguese).

Another thing: it looks like some people did lie to the boy's father.

Also according to Antônio Carlos, a psychologist at the hospital had advised not to seek the Institute of Forensic Medicine (IML) on account of fees for services that were supposed to be charged the family. A spokesperson for the IML says the Scientific Expertise Center (CPC) Renato Chaves does not charge any fee to perform the procedures. "All our services are offered free to the population and the costs are borne by the state government. In case of natural death, people may ask for a Death Verification Service (SVO), which is performed totally free of charge, "explains a spokesperson for the Center of Expertise.

Source (in Portuguese).

This site (in Portuguese), has a slightly different version.

According to this, the boy was discharged from the hospital and went back home, where he died two days later.

I seem to remember a similar case in which a baby was stillborn but was later found alive in the morgue.

May be the safety coffin will come back into fashion.

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Wow. This story, if true, is absolutely crazy. I couldn't imagine having something like this happen.

The inquiring started yesterday, but things will probably take more than a month, according to those doing the inquiring.

One of most frequent questions about this case, why did they buried the boy after all, is answered at the end of this article (in Portuguese); he started showing signs of being dead, with his lips changing colour and his body becoming stiff.