Does anyone remember the woman in Kansas who, about 4 weeks ago, woke up from a coma of 20 years and began saying hello to her mother and father and remembering names and events after 20 years? This was only a month or so ago.
Sarah Scantlin.
I am not familiar with that particular case, but I have first hand knowledge of a case in St. Louis a few years ago.
A man named Robert Urbin was in a coma for over 20 years due to a poor diagnosis after and auto accident on a rainy night. The police said he staggered and his speech was slurred, so they assumed he had been drinking. Instead, he had suffered brain damage. By the time this was realized he had drifted into a coma. His wife kept him at home as much as possible. She had lifts installed in the home and was proud of the fact that the only time he ever got bedsores was when he had to be hospitalized for any length of time. In one of his hospital trips, Bob woke up after over 20 years. He was coherant, though speech was difficult. Doris said they were able to get his children and grandchildren there . His kids were very young when this happened. She said he spent all of that day and part of the next with them, he told her that he was aware of the care she gave him. Sadly he slipped back into the coma again. I have since moved away and do not know if he ever came out of it again.
Terri never had a chance with that monster in charge of her care.
Her name is Sarah Scantlin