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It was supposed to be a normal Sunday morning for Ryan Finley, but life has a way of shifting without warning. When he went to wake his 31-year-old wife, Jill, something felt immediately wrong—she wasn’t breathing. Panic swallowed him as he called 911 and began CPR, fighting the terrifying possibility that the woman he loved was slipping away. Paramedics rushed Jill to the hospital, where doctors delivered a devastating diagnosis: cardiac arrest. As Ryan waited for news, one doctor placed a hand on his shoulder and told him something that froze his world in place: “Pray for your wife.” It was in that moment he realized this wasn’t just a medical emergency—this was a battle between life and death.
