My Book

Breathe In, Breathe Out

A Surviving ECMO Story

I died three times. Spent 24 days in a coma. Lost 65 pounds of muscle. And the doctors told my wife to let me go. This is the story of how I fought my way back to life.

“I died three times. Spent 24 days in a coma. Lost 65 pounds of muscle. And the doctors told my wife to let me go.”

When Adam York was admitted to the hospital with the flu, he thought it would be a quick stay. Instead, he woke up nearly a month later on life support, paralyzed, hallucinating, and with a list of “nevers” from his medical team:

• You’ll never walk again.
• Your lungs will never recover.
• Your heart will never heal.

But Adam wasn’t ready to give up—and his wife refused to let him.
In this raw, unfiltered memoir, Adam shares what really happens inside the mind and body of someone fighting for their life… and the long, brutal climb back.

This is not a sugar-coated recovery story. It’s pain, faith, failure, and grit—told by a man who’s been to the edge and clawed his way back.

If you’ve ever felt hopeless, broken, or too far gone, this book will prove one thing: you’re not done yet.