Toddler revives two hours after drowning

A TODDLER who was revived nearly two hours after she was believed to have drowned and 40 minutes after doctors had declared her dead was responding to touch and sound on Saturday, hospital officials said.

Twenty-month-old Mackayala Jespersen was in critical condition but responsive a day after she was found in her family’s swimming pool, said Children’s Hospital of Orange County spokeswoman Denise Almazan.

The little girl’s family thanked the public for their “prayers and support,” Almazan said.