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Heart failure patient shares her return from brink of death

Donna Murphy and her husband Greg pose for a portrait at Hopewell Baptist Church in Gainesville, on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017. Earlier this fall, Murphy was experiencing heart and lung problems, as well as slipping in and out of a coma. Despite the mounting challenges, the couple never lost faith that she would recover. Since then, Donna has recovered significantly, attributing her regained health to the power of prayer. - photo by David Barnes

12102017 MURPHY 0004.jpg — Donna Murphy and her husband Greg pose for a portrait at Hopewell Baptist Church in Gainesville, on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017. Earlier this fall, Murphy was experiencing heart and lung problems, as well as slipping in and out of a coma. Despite the mounting challenges, the couple never lost faith that she would recover. Since then, Donna has recovered significantly, attributing her regained health to the power of prayer. - photo by David Barnes

Doctors’ hope may have been fading for Donna Murphy, who lay in her Emory University Hospital bed hooked up to a life support machine for her heart and lungs.