A woman refused to give up on her husband after doctors told her she needed to pull the plug on him following a horrific car crash that left him on the brink of death.
Danielle Davis told WTOC that her husband, Matt, crashed his motorcycle just seven months after they got married. Nine days later, doctors advised her to pull the plug.
“They said if it was them, they’d pull the plug,” she said. “That’s what they’d want their family to do.”
Danielle refused to let her husband go, saying that she believed God could pull him through.
“I didn’t think that it was too big for God,” she said.
Matt was sent home and his wife and mother-in-law became his caretakers.
“If we’ve got to bring him home, let’s make sure he has the best view in the world,” Danielle told ABC News that she said to her mother. “If he’s going to be a body in a bed, let’s give him something to look at.”
One day, Matt finally spoke again.
“I’m trying,” he said.
Over the course of a few months, therapy began to get Matt back to normal. His personally soon followed, with one moment in particular standing out to his devoted wife.
“I kid you not, he says, ‘buffalo chicken wrap from Cheddar’s,'” Danielle told ABC News. “We all whipped around because we all knew what he said.”
Years later, Matt’s regained his mobility and his long-term memory. He doesn’t, however, remember dating or marrying his wife — who he’d started dating two months before the wedding.
Following his life-changing accident, Matt told WTOC that he had a message for other husbands.
“Dude, take the trash out, because there might be a day when you can’t,” he said.
Many readers praised the wife for not giving up on her husband and believing that he would pull through his horrific accident.
“Nothing’s too big for our God just have faith,” one Mad World News reader commented on the site’s Facebook page.
“With God, all things are possible,” another wrote.
“I practically cried when I read this. What a powerful and loving story! I do wish the both of you the best of happiness in your future,” another ABC News reader added.
“I love this story. What a wonderful young woman! Congratulations to both of you, I do wish you all the best in your life together,” another reader commented.