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A doctor says an unconventional treatment may have helped save Randal McCloy, the sole survivor of the Sago Mine tragedy two years ago.
McCloy was treated for carbon monoxide poisoning at Allegheny General and West Virginia University hospitals.
Dr. Julian Bailes, one of McCloy's attending doctors during that time, says he believes fish oil given to him through a tube into his stomach while he was in a coma aided him.
There wasn't a lot of information about how fish oil works in humans. Based on the available animal research, the doctors went with a high dose.
"I thought our backs were against the wall with Randy. I thought it was safe. I felt it had a good chance to work and then it wouldn't harm him," Bailes said.
Dr. Bailes says McCloy's tests point to a rebuilding of brain tissue.
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