A true story about a baby who was declared dead by the hospital, woke up moments before the funeral.

Here is the complete story from Reuters.

A baby boy born 16 weeks prematurely was declared dead by doctors at a hospital in Paraguay only to wake up in time for his funeral wake hours later.

Dr. Ernesto Weber, head of pediatric care at the state-run hospital in the capital of Asuncion, said the baby weighed just 500 grams (17.6 ounces) when he was born.

“Initially, the baby didn’t move, he practically didn’t have any respiratory reflexes, nor did we hear a heartbeat and, as a result, we declared a premature fetus of 24 weeks dead,” Weber told Reuters Television.

The family was given a death certificate and a cardboard box with the baby’s name scribbled on the outside which served as a makeshift coffin.

But when the family took him from the hospital to prepare him for his funeral, the unbelievable happened.

“I opened the box and took the baby out and he cried. I got scared and I said “the baby’s crying” … and then he started moving his arms, his legs and I got scared, we got very scared,” said one member of the family, Liliana Alvarenga.

Hours after the baby’s death had been declared he was found to be alive. The hospital has begun an investigation and the baby is now in a stable condition in an incubator.

This is not an actual photo of the baby.

If you love mini-golf but hate funerals then I have a place for you!  Ahlgrim’s Family Funeral Home puts the FUN back in FUNerals.

They offer a wide variety of funeral packages and they all come standard with a game of miniature golf.  In the basement of the funeral home is a nine hole course, known as Ahlgrim’s Acres.  You can check out the photos here.

The course includes obstacles such as coffins and headstones, with a one stroke penalty for bypassing the coffin on Hole #2. Screams and spooky music play continually.  I can’t find out what the other services include – I wonder if they will do themed funerals?

Anyway, if you ever find yourself in Palatine, IL and want to play a game of ‘haunted’ mini-golf you know where to go…don’t worry you don’t have to kill someone to get to play a game. If a funeral isn’t in progress you can go play a game of mini-golf without purchasing one of their death packages.

I need to run, I have to call my parents to see if they have created their funeral plans yet, fingers crossed they have not because I have the perfect location for their services…..