A baby girl who came back to life at her wake in front of stunned relatives has died a week later.
Little Milagros de Jesús was born prematurely weighing just 14oz.
Her 21-year-old mother was taken to hospital on 12 April.
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She suffered from breathing problems in her 26th week of pregnancy.
As the mum-to-be was not receiving enough oxygen, doctors decided to carry out an emergency caesarean section.
Following the procedure, the family received news that the baby girl was not showing any vital signs and had passed away.
They later collected a death certificate and got a small coffin to hold a funeral.
But during the infant’s wake on 13 April, an uncle saw the newborn move her head shortly after being sprinkled with holy water.
Dad, Ignacio Medina Vega, told local media: “When the uncle arrived to say goodbye to her, he saw the baby was moving her head and was breathing.”
He added: “Then we went to look and we could see her little heart beating.”
The family immediately took the baby back to the Regional Hospital of Ciudad del Este in the Paraguayan city of the same name.
The father said: “The doctors told us it was a miracle.
“The serious thing is that we were about to bury her alive.”
It is estimated that the infant remained in the coffin for over four hours and the lid was closed for around half that time.
Hospital spokesperson, Federico Schrodel said the baby may have been incorrectly declared dead due to catalepsy, a condition characterised by a lack of response to external stimuli, loss of consciousness, and rigidity of the body.
He added: “Due to being premature, this is something that can happen, the patient is practically left without any vital signs.”
Following her ‘resurrection’, the tot’s parents decided to name her Milagros de Jesús – which translates as Miracle of Jesus.
However, after battling for life in intensive care for a week, the baby passed away from cardio-respiratory arrest at around 9.30pm on Saturday (20 Apr).
Doctors tried to resuscitate the premature infant for around 20 minutes, as reported by Need to Know.
She was laid to rest the following day.
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