Dave Simpson
“They said it's a 50/50 chance if it would help - it did and I made it through the first night. I was in a coma and was respirator dependent. I had a front left hemisphere brain hemorrhage…”
Trina Hamilton
“Your son hasn’t had any more seizures. However … he is unresponsive. He’s in a light coma, and still running a high fever. Twice a day we’ll have to put him on a ventilator to help him breathe. His vital signs are not good.”
Dennis Campbell
“God opened my eyes by allowing my auto accident to occur, from which I laid in a coma for seven and a half weeks. Then when I finally awoke from the coma, I was unable to walk or talk. I am still unable to physically walk without assistance, and it took about two and a half weeks after coming out of my coma before I could talk.”
Paul Umbaugh
“The CT scan revealed that I had brain edema, subarachnoid hemorrhage @ basilar cistern, transtentorial herniation, mucosal thickening @ the (L) ethmoid sinus. I coded again at 1325 hrs and was put on life support. My family was all contacted and advised that I was on life support and they should start saying their goodbyes. They were advised that I was brain dead…”
Kate Adamson
“One day I was active, vibrant, physically fit mother of two toddlers… The next morning I was in intensive care, completely paralyzed in a condition known as ‘locked-in syndrome’ brought on by a double brainstem stroke. I was trapped inside my body, bewildered and frightened, screaming silently, totally helpless.”
Gina
“…an aneurysm on the main artery to the brain...I had been told it was to deep and could not be operated on..that there was only one surgeon who might attempt to do the surgery…”
Kimberly Dreiman
“I was in bad shape. I had back neck injuries and couldn't feel anything from the waist down. The paralysis was due to the back injury and was temporary. The doctor ordered a CAT scan and it revealed I had injury to the veins in my neck and a cerebral concussion.”
Frances
“I checked into the hospital the day I had surgery and after going to surgery I woke up a month later. I was on life support and in a coma for twenty days. I had blood clots that went to my brain and to the right lung.”
Howard Savage
“…the birth of our first child in Sept. 95, who was eventually diagnosed with a rare, genetic, degenerative muscle & brain disorder.”
"Buddy" Farris
“Doctors treated Farris for various injuries, but he overheard them tell his wife that he would never walk again and that he would suffer brain damage.”