Listen as Lynne tells the story of Ruby Graupera-Cassimiro, a mother and a survivor who came back from the brink of death for reasons that her physicians could not explain. This week - sometimes things happen in medicine that are baffling and mysterious.

Special note: Dr. Helen Shui is truly a doctor, but is working under a pseudonym for privacy reasons. Dr. Lynne Kramer is using her real name.

Music by Helen Shui and Caplixo. Cover art by Lynne Kramer.

Sources:

1. What Ruby Graupera-Cassimiro Saw When Her Heart Stopped for 45 Minutes via ABC News

2. 'Miracle' Woman Ruby Graupera-Cassimiro Survives After 45 Minutes Without Pulse via ABC News

3. AFE Survivor, Ruby Graupera, shares her story on Dr. Oz via AFE Foundation News

4. She Was “Dead” for 45 Minutes by Amanda Friedman

5. Mother Dies and Comes Back to Life by Brittany Shammas

6. Amniotic fluid embolism by Kaur, Kiranpreet; Bhardwaj, Mamta; Kumar, Prashant; Singhal, Suresh; Singh, Tarandeep; Hooda, Sarla

7. Amniotic Fluid Embolism by Gist, Richard S. MD*; Stafford, Irene P. MD; Leibowitz, Andrew B. MD; Beilin, Yaakov MD

8. About the Hospital via Boca Raton Regional Hospital website

9. Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation via NIH

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