Have you ever heard of Torey L. Hayden? She wrote a book called "Ghost Girl: The True Story of a Child in Peril and the Teacher Who Saved Her." It sounds something like what you described. The story does not have a completely happy ending, but it might help to validate what you say.
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When all have given him o'er
From death to life
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