India, Oct. 23 -- An Arizona mother has described the agonising emotional rollercoaster of learning her toddler survived hours inside a hospital morgue after a doctor pronounced him dead.

Alexus Fiordilino's son had been placed in the hospital morgue following a drowning accident at their Gilbert home. However, later, transport workers from the coroner's office uncovered that the toddler was still breathing.

Fiordilino, in a recent interview with NBC News, recalled thinking her kid was breathing while hugging him goodbye. However, the doctor told her that it was the kid's last gasps. The physician allegedly also told her that trying to prolong his life at that point would only increase his agony.

"As a mom you don't want to hear that,"...