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Article: ORD -- Marc Medina will be feeling a special warmth today, and he has his fiancee and doctors at the [Derived Headline]
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- November 27, 2008
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By Ed Stannard Register Metro Editor
MILFORD -- Marc Medina will be feeling a special warmth today,
and he has his fiancee and doctors at the Hospital of Saint Raphael
to thank.
Medina might not have been able to share this year's Thanksgiving
at all after his heart stopped last month and his brain went without
oxygen for several minutes. But a new technique brought his body
temperature down to 89 degrees and helped prevent brain damage, and
now he's back to running and working out.
The future looks so bright that he and his girlfriend of two
years, Jillian Trez, took a trip to New York three weeks ago to buy
an engagement ring.
"It's a blessing just to be able to even be here," said Medina, ...