‘God flipped the switch’: Hampton Roads [VA] teen walks in graduation ceremony after 5-month coma

WAVY ^ | Jun 20, 2019 / 05:50 PM EDT / Updated: Jun 20, 2019 / 07:14 PM EDT | Laura Caso

[COBOL2Java]

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NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A Portsmouth senior is beating the odds and doing something she dreamed of from her hospital bed: walk across the stage to receive her high school diploma.

Tonasia “Nada” Edwards suffered a traumatic brain injury after a Chesapeake car crash in 2017. Nada was behind the wheel when she got into an accident at the intersection of Deep Creek Boulevard and Military Highway in Chesapeake.

Nada’s mother, Alice Edwards, says loved ones leaned on their faith while Nada was unconscious for about five months. Finally, on March 7, she got a call from the nurses at CHOR that her daughter had lifted her leg and arm while getting a bath.

The then 16-year-old received physical, occupational and speech therapy at Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters (CHKD) after spending six months between Sentara Norfolk General Hospital and Children’s Hospital of Richmond (CHOR).

She told 10 On Your Side she wanted to walk at her graduation. On June 15, Nada did just that with a roar of applause. “I felt amazing,” Nada said. “It’s just wonderful, yeah. I never did that.” Nada was shocked at her ability to stand straight up.

[momincombatboots]

Miracles still happen. Praise Jesus for this victory.

[ryderann]

Thank you for this beautiful post. God is watching over Nada.

[ptsal]

Good post...thanks

[Gamecock]

I didn’t know it was possible to come out of a coma.

[COBOL2Java]

I didn’t know it was possible to come out of a coma.

You're kidding, right?

In case you aren't, here's a KidsHealth website explaining comas:

What Is a Coma?

[Gamecock]

me: I didn’t know it was possible to come out of a coma.

C: You're kidding, right?

Yup. It's a Seinfeld gag.

C:In case you aren't, here's a KidsHealth website explaining comas:

I have seen many people come out of comas. I was an ICU nurse for YEARS.

[COBOL2Java]

A < sarc > tag would be handy - otherwise people will take your comment seriously.

[COBOL2Java]

Congratulations on your career choice! My daughter is a CEN working in a Level 1 Trauma Center.

[petitfour]

That’s awesome!

[katana]

Good on you both. To paraphrase the very last line in Casablanca, "Ya know, Gamecock, this could be the start of a beautiful friendship".

[John Milner]

It’s a great story and all, but how in the heck did she do her course work being in a coma and the long recovery process?

Maybe it’s in the story. I only read the excerpt.

[dfwgator]

“Hi Mom, Dad, I’m not in a coma anymore!”

https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/plug/3004278