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A family has described how their baby son "came back to life" when he was revived by doctors 30 minutes after he stopped breathing following a heart attack
Miracle baby: Woody Lander, now a healthy 14-month-old
Two-week-old Woody Lander was pronounced dead at Leeds General Infirmary after frantic attempts to save him by medical staff apparently failed.
But little Woody's body began "twitching" and the team tried again to resuscitate him, this time successfully starting his heart.
"They reached the cut-off point for resuscitation and said 'that's it' and handed Woody to us to say goodbye," the baby's father, Jon Lander, told the Yorkshire Evening Post.
"They started taking tubes out and that's when he started twitching.
"They managed to get his heart going again and he came back to life in front of us."
The couple had rushed the baby to hospital after he stopped breathing and he suffered a heart attack in the accident and emergency department. Surgeons found a blockage in his aorta and the youngster underwent a major operation.
After his amazing resuscitation, there were worries Woody may have suffered brain damage because he stopped breathing for so long. But scans have shown no problems.
Now Mr Lander, 34, and his wife, Karen, 32, say Woody - now 14-months-old - is their "little miracle".
And civil servant Mr Lander is hoping to thank Leeds General Infirmary by running in the Leeds 10k Run for All, set up by fund-raiser Jane Tomlinson, later this year. He is raising cash for the Children's Heart Surgery Fund at the hospital.
Miracle baby: Woody Lander, now a healthy 14-month-old
Two-week-old Woody Lander was pronounced dead at Leeds General Infirmary after frantic attempts to save him by medical staff apparently failed.
But little Woody's body began "twitching" and the team tried again to resuscitate him, this time successfully starting his heart.
"They reached the cut-off point for resuscitation and said 'that's it' and handed Woody to us to say goodbye," the baby's father, Jon Lander, told the Yorkshire Evening Post.
"They started taking tubes out and that's when he started twitching.
"They managed to get his heart going again and he came back to life in front of us."
The couple had rushed the baby to hospital after he stopped breathing and he suffered a heart attack in the accident and emergency department. Surgeons found a blockage in his aorta and the youngster underwent a major operation.
After his amazing resuscitation, there were worries Woody may have suffered brain damage because he stopped breathing for so long. But scans have shown no problems.
Now Mr Lander, 34, and his wife, Karen, 32, say Woody - now 14-months-old - is their "little miracle".
And civil servant Mr Lander is hoping to thank Leeds General Infirmary by running in the Leeds 10k Run for All, set up by fund-raiser Jane Tomlinson, later this year. He is raising cash for the Children's Heart Surgery Fund at the hospital.
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