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Nerve implant 'restores consciousness' to man in vegetative state

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posted on Sep, 27 2017 @ 10:29 AM
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my uncle had a tragically horrific motorcycle accident. hit a pole going 80+, broke off the foot pegs when he hit the pole, took the brunt of it to his face, bounced off and hit another pole that held up a barbed wire fence. Continued flying for 250 feet, the barbed wire went tight and ripped off his right arm. When he landed, it was on his butt, which shoved his spine up into his brain and created some serious trauma.

When the EMT's showed up he was dead. The pumped him full of saline, and his heart restarted. 50 some odd broken bones, and everything in his body swelled. He ended up with VRE while kept comatose, and almost died again. Spent 8 months in a medically induced coma.

That story to tell this story:

When he was brought out of the coma, he was used to living in his own mind. Its been almost 20 years, and he still struggles to not withdraw back into his own mind and ignore the world around him. There is a comfort inside there for him, and he prefers it.



 
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