Woman wakes up after 27 years in a coma

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Wow, this is just crazy. Imagine your last memories were in the early 90s and now you're able to see just how much the world has changed. The advances in technology, etc. It will probably blow her mind seeing Dubai. Not to mention the fact that her son, who was 4 at the time, is now 31...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-48020481

A woman from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) who was seriously injured in a traffic accident in 1991 has made a seemingly miraculous recovery after emerging from a 27-year-long coma.

Munira Abdulla, who was aged 32 at the time of the accident, suffered a severe brain injury after the car she was travelling in collided with a bus on the way to pick up her son from school.

Omar Webair, who was then just four years old, was sitting in the back of the vehicle with her, but was left unscathed as his mother cradled him in her arms moments before the accident.
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Good on him for never giving up when so many would have pulled the plug many years ago.
 
Reminds me of a rather naff novel I once read, where the plot involved a teenage girl having an accident and falling into a coma. The only thing I can recall from her waking up is her impression of how hairstyles and clothes had objectively improved in her mind. Wasn't a great novel - I suspect I read it in about 2004 and it may have involved someone timewarping in their coma from about 1981 to 2000. I must admit, I imagine a 1991 to 2019 coma would be much more drastic.
 
I always wonder how much someone body would age if they were asleep or in a coma for about 30 years...

As don't everything in your body slow right down when you're asleep plus you no suffer any of the stress and worries of normal everyday life
 
It’d blow her mind if she had one, I’m sure she isn’t that disabled from it, but even short comas take ages to heal, and may never heal fully.

It’s up to her if she feels it was worth it, I would think I wouldn’t, but after the fact? Who knows.
 
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My understanding that the phrase "Wakes up from Coma" is often somewhat misleading in these rare cases.

in reality, it isnt really like somebody suddenly waking up as if nothing had ever been wrong like in the film "Awakenings"

It is more like the first awareness of your surrounding when one first opens ones eyes after having passed out from a particularly heavy drinking session.

On top of that, none of her muscles will work properly, her bones will be so weak that if she did try to stand up, her legs would probabally break.

It may be the case that with a lot of luck and hard work she might be able to make some sort of recovery from here. But the sad reality is that she will probabally just have swapped one form of living nightmare for another.

Good luck to her and her family all the same though.
 
Orionaut said:
My understanding that the phrase "Wakes up from Coma" is often somewhat misleading in these rare cases.

in reality, it isnt really like somebody suddenly waking up as if nothing had ever been wrong like in the film "Awakenings"

It is more like the first awareness of your surrounding when one first opens ones eyes after having passed out from a particularly heavy drinking session.

On top of that, none of her muscles will work properly, her bones will be so weak that if she did try to stand up, her legs would probabally break.

It may be the case that with a lot of luck and hard work she might be able to make some sort of recovery from here. But the sad reality is that she will probabally just have swapped one form of living nightmare for another.

Good luck to her and her family all the same though.
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Yep and her original injury was severe brain trauma so she may be awake but will probably never fully recover
 
Clov!s said:
Why was she kept alive for so long?
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The old phrase "Just because you can do something doesn't mean that you should" does come to mind.

The problem with cases like this is that they give totally unrealistic false hopes to families that are in a similar position with relatives in a PVS.

The media really have a duty to present the harsh reality of the situation rather than simply present it as some sort of miracle.

It is a bit like the representations of resuscitation in medical dramas. In the dramas it is a bit of CPR and a blast from the paddles and everybody is fine.

The reality is brutal. if you are pressing on somebodies chest hard enough to actually force blood round the body there is a good chance that you will crack some ribs, especially if they are elderly
 
JBuk said:
Yep and her original injury was severe brain trauma so she may be awake but will probably never fully recover
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I was listening to a woman on the radio explaining this, apparently it's going to be a case of almost starting from scratch, she'll need to learn to walk and look after herself again, and that's just the physical side. It seems the mental aspect can be similar to suffering a severe stroke, she'll likely need to learn how to speak again in the same way that some stroke victims need time to recover their speech.

On top of all that there's apparently no saying how far she will be able to progress down the road to recovery, it could be the case that she's left severely mentally and physically disabled for the rest of her life.
 
she will likely be brain damaged and the family are morons for not pulling the plug and ending her misery. this is on top of all her physical attributes being eroded from her over time. she will likely never walk again, etc.
 
I like the fact the OP was more concerned about what she thought of Dubai than, ya know, seeing her now 31 year old son :p
 
chaparral said:
Imagine being in a coma for about 30 years and then waking up and seeing your now 70 year old wife :eek::eek::eek:
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I'm sure I'd be overcome with all sorts of emotions, but this wouldn't be an issue. Would just take some getting used to. As would you yourself being 70. :p
 
she'll probably see what a bunch of whineyass looking-for-something-to-be-offended-by scum the world has been infested by and will put herself back in the coma.


hang on....27 years.....she's not Pennywise, is she?
 
wolfie138 said:
she'll probably see what a bunch of whineyass looking-for-something-to-be-offended-by scum the world has been infested by and will put herself back in the coma.


hang on....27 years.....she's not Pennywise, is she?
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Now why would you say that and conveniently forget this is is a emirate women with about as much rights as a camel?

Seems rude. Attaching vastly disingenuous and usually incorrect prejudices of certain demographics, just so you can attach a pointless joke to this woman’s suffering?

/audible tutting
 
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