Last summer, Dominic and Yvonne Sullivan seemed to have the perfect life. The Somerset, England, couple had gotten married the previous year, and were busy picking out clothes, toys, and a crib for the baby boy they were expecting in September. They even had a name picked out: Clinton.
But tragedy struck when Yvonne went into labor two months early: The infant had a blood infection, and did not survive the harrowing 14-hour labor. Even worse, when Yvonne found out that her baby hadn't made it, she began to slip away, too – the doctors soon realized that she had also been infected, and her vital organs were shutting down because of septic shock.
Though the doctors managed to keep her alive, things weren't looking good for Yvonne. She lay in a coma, with her body hooked up to a life-support machine, feeding tubes, and an array of beeping monitors. Her husband Dominic never left her side, clutching her limp hand as he sat beside her bed.
After two weeks without any progress, Yvonne's doctor told Dominic that it might be time to say goodbye to his beloved wife. If she didn't wake up soon, they would turn off the life-support machine and let her slip away.
Dominic had already lost a son – he couldn't bear the thought of losing his wife, too. So he did the only thing he could think of that might bring her back: He yelled at her.
"You start fighting. Don't you dare give up on me now," he told her. "I've had enough, stop mucking around and start breathing. Come back to me."
Amazingly, despite Yvonne's comatose state, Dominic's words reached her – and she obeyed. "I can't remember exactly what he said but I never liked getting told off by Dom. Something inside me just clicked and I began to fight again," she said. "When I came round I thought he'd been gone a few minutes, then he told me I'd been out for two weeks. It's a miracle. I owe him so much."
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