A 74-year-old woman believed to have died while in hospice care was found to be breathing after being transported to a funeral home, authorities in Nebraska said Monday.

A 74-year-old woman believed to have died while in hospice care was found to be breathing after being transported to a funeral home, authorities in Nebraska said Monday.

The woman had been transported from a nursing home, where she had been declared dead at around 9:44 a.m. local time, to the Butherus-Maser & Love Funeral Home in Lincoln on Monday morning, according to the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office.

Authorities responded to the funeral home after an employee noticed the woman was breathing and “instantly called 911” at approximately 11:44 a.m., according to Lancaster County Chief Deputy Ben Houchin.

  • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
    30·
    26 days ago

    If she’s cold, has an extremely faint pulse, and is barely breathing… She’s already in hospice care, she’s expected to die. If her vital signs become so faint as to be undetectable, they think it finally happened. Then after a while, they get a little stronger, enough to be noticed.