Life imitates art.
Posted on 06/04/2007 8:25:46 AM PDT by Aquinasfan
(AP) A railway worker who emerged from a 19-year coma woke to a radically altered Poland and is learning to adapt to his new life, Polish media reported.
"I wake up at 7 a.m. and I watch TV," Jan Grzewski, 65, told TVN24 Television over the weekend, smiling slightly as he lay in bed at his home in the northern city of Dzialdowo.
"I could not talk or do anything, now it's much better," he said in a weak but clear voice, some two months emerging from his coma.
Wojciech Pstragowski, a rehabilitation specialist, said Grzewski was shocked at the changes in Poland's economy — especially its stores: "He remembered shelves filled with mustard and vinegar only" under communism.
Poland shed communism in 1989 and has developed democracy and a market economy.
In 1988, Grzewski fell into a coma after he was injured attaching two train carriages. Doctors also found cancer in his brain and said he would not live, according to the local daily Gazeta Dzialdowska.
When doctors could do no more, Grzewski's wife Gertruda took him home and cared for him, Gazeta said.
"I would fly into a rage every time someone would say that people like him should be euthanized, so they don't suffer," she told Gazeta. "I believed Janek would recover," she said, using an affectionate version of his name.
Last year, she noticed that he was trying to speak, Gazeta said. He returned to the hospital and came out of the coma some two months ago.
"At the start, his speech was very unclear, now it is improving daily," Pstragowski said. "If he continues to make such progress, he will soon be able to walk."
"I am sure that without the dedication of his wife, the patient would not have reached us in the (good) shape that he did," Pstragowski said.
All praise and glory to God. His wife must be truly blessed to be able to care for him and keep such hope.
What are the medical differences between the cases? Not what judges or family members said or did, what are the actual medical differences?
God bless his wife for keeping her faith and the Polish government for not stepping in and trying to kill him.
I don’t know what woke this guy up but they need to do the same thing to George W. Bush.
see also:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1844247/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1844117/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1843757/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1843680/posts
(search works)
Amen!
His wife must be truly blessed to be able to care for him and keep such hope.
Incredible woman. Truly a saint.
Indeed - this guy’s lucky he wasn’t in Pinellas County, Florida.
He complained that he had left a wake up call for 1993 but you just can’t trust the service in Communist hotels.
Life imitates art.
Bush’s case appears to be more serious.
Bush’s case appears to be more serious.
Bush’s case appears to be more serious.
Apologies for the multiple posts.
This is great. This is three or four days in a row he has awakened on FR from a 19 year coma. Aquinas had terrible handwriting.
I searched on the title but didn't find it. Thanks for the bump though.
What did Google do for this guy??
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