Man put in coma with 4% survival chance thanks to ingrown groin hair

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by alex mitchell

A Texas man miraculously survived a complex medical ordeal, beating the 4% odds doctors told him.

The ordeal for Stephen Spinall, a father in his late 30s, stemmed from trying to remove ingrown hairs from his groin area. According to the Daily Mail. He was eventually placed in a medically induced coma.

“We never lost our faith when others lost theirs,” says his sister Michelle. I said it on TikTok this week.

she, Recording her brother’s near-death experience Since he was hospitalized at the end of 2022.

“all [doctors] Maybe he was bleeding internally from somewhere.Little did we know that would be the least of our worries,” Michelle I wrote it on GoFundMe The page raised more than $8,000 for his care.

“He deteriorated rapidly until he crashed and was put on life support,” she added. “He caught a rare bacterium that was rampant.” [through] His body and all his organs shut down. He is in shock with severe sepsis. ”

Spinal constriction sepsis — a person’s body react inappropriately to infections And her organs are severely damaged – this is just the beginning of this nightmare, her sister added.

During his hospitalization, he developed acute respiratory distress syndrome as well as influenza A and double pneumonia in both lungs.

According to his sister, he was placed in a medically induced coma for three weeks.

michelle Captioned a recent video Doctors said, “Steven will not come out alive,” and claimed that “we were told he had no brain activity.”

in other clipsshe wrote that Stephen’s chance of survival was about 4%.

He underwent open-heart surgery, spent two weeks on a rotating bed to aid his breathing, and had to constantly drain fluid from his lungs.

However, he survived, something that could be called a miracle. regain the ability to walk At the end of 2023.

“We have never lost hope or faith” Michelle captioned another TikTok, posted last week. “And thank God I didn’t, look at him now!”