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A MUM who was declared ­“technically dead” made a miraculous recovery after her husband begged her not to go.

Lorna Baillie’s relatives were called to her bedside to say their final ­goodbyes after the mother of four had a huge heart attack.

But within 45 minutes of being told she could not be revived, the grieving family saw faint signs of breathing and she was rushed into intensive care.

Her eldest daughter Leanne Porteous said: “My dad said, ‘Lorna, come back. I love you’, and then just like that, she was there again.”

She is now making a remarkable recovery and is able to sit up in bed and communicate with her family.

Leanne said: “It has been a whirlwind of emotions for our family.

“From being told she was dead, to how she is now – the whole journey has been a miracle.

“We are so close as a family andwe are not the kind of people to just give up.”

Lorna, a keen gardener and dog walker, collapsed at her home in ­Prestonpans, East Lothian, on February 10.

Paramedics performed CPR and shock treatment before rushing her to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Three hours later, doctors told her family there was nothing more they could do.

Leanne said: “They said she was technically dead, but they had to wait until she stopped breathing before they could pronounce her medically dead.”

Her husband, John, 58, son and three daughters kept vigil beside 49-year-old Lorna, accompanied by a nurse.

Leanne said: “We noticed the colour start to come back to her face and body. I assumed it was a normal reaction to all the medicine.

“Then she opened her eyes and I held her hand and it felt like she squeezed it. The nurse told me it was normal for involuntary movements in these circumstances.”

The family say that 45 minutes after entering the room, they persuaded the nurse to fetch a doctor.

Lorna was taken to intensive care, but medics warned the family if she recovered, her kidneys had failed and she would be in a vegetative state.

Believing she might die at any moment, Leanne’s sister Charlene, 23, had an impromptu bedside wedding to fiance Scott Wright.

But her mum’s condition continued to improve and she was moved to a medical ward last week.

The family were given more positive news yesterday when an MRI scan revealed no obvious brain damage.

Leanne said: “It feels like a miracle, after we were told she was dead, but we never gave up hope.”

John said: “How many times do people just give up? We never gave up on Lorna.”

Dr David Farquharson, medical director of NHS Lothian, said: “This type of recovery is extremely rare.”