The hospital staff couldn’t find a pulse either, and their EKG also showed no heart activity. Knowing the body’s responses to the cold, they hooked Anna up to a heart-lung machine to give her oxygen and gradually warm her blood. After one day, her heart was able to beat on its own. After twelve days, she opened her eyes. It took another year for her to be able to move because of damage to her nerves. Bågenholm is now a practicing radiologist working in the same hospital that revived her. The lead doctor on Bågenholm’s case later quoted a famous truism about hypothermia: “You’re not dead until
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