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Ms. Lilly's story brings to mind one of the most remarkable and highly publicized cases of a person in a long-term vegetative state. Terri Schiavo was starved to death in March of 2005 after a Florida judge ordered her feeding tube to be removed. Schiavo had been in a "persistent vegetative state" for years following a stroke, and while her family insisted she responded to their presence, doctors determined that she would likely never recover.
Doctors insist that Ms. Lilly's case was not as severe as Ms. Schiavo's. However, they still cannot explain the bouts of consciousness that Christa Lilly has had over the years. In an interview for Channel 11 KKTV, Lilly's neurologist, Dr. Randall Bjork, commented on Ms. Lilly's bizarre awakenings by saying that he "would predict this would publicize the minimally conscious and perhaps more reporting of the cyclical awakenings."
Colorado Woman Briefly Wakes From a 6 Year Coma
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According to news reports last week, a woman named Christa awoke from a supposedly PVS condition over six years and began eating and having conversations with her loved ones. Later, she slipped back into her original condition.
The case brings to mind that of Terri Schiavo, the severely disabled woman whose husband was allowed to legally euthanize her, and 42-year-old Terry Wallis of Arkansas.
Comatose Woman's Awakening Brings Call for More Brain Disability Study
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