Posted on 01/07/2008 10:14:56 PM PST by TheDon
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THE COMA
It remains a mystery who bashed in Randy Hall's skull the night of April 19, 2000 – possibly the jealous husband of his latest conquest or a jilted lover. No one was arrested and the Orange County Sheriff's Dept. has closed the case. What's not a mystery is who saved Randy's life as he lay in a coma for two years.
It was Alan – smart, articulate, stubborn Alan. With a background as a fraud investigator and an HMO director, he knew how to battle the system.
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After six months, Randy stabilized and Alan agreed to move him. He found a respected coma facility, with sweeping ocean views and dozens of patients. One had survived 13 years. Finally, Alan thought, his brother would recover. Or would he?
Didn't your last doctor tell you?the new doctor asked.
"Tell us what?"
He only has 30 percent of his brain function left. He's never going to come out of the coma.
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THE AFTERMATH
Randy Hall believes that someday he'll find his attacker.
"When I meet that person," he says, "I'm going to say, 'Thank-you. You saved my life.' "
That's what love can do – and Randy now feels love for everyone.
"I entered a coma that almost killed me," he says. "But in reality, it saved my life – because I lived a false life. I finally realize that, and I'm so glad I did."
Along the way, doctors said he'd never wake from his coma. He did. They said he'd never talk again. He does. They said he'd never walk again. He is.
He's even driving his car again.
Such remarkable recovery, following a two-year coma, is practically unheard of.
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(Excerpt) Read more at ocregister.com ...
Under Hillary Care this guy would have been killed with his morphine drip to put him out of a patheitic existence.
BROTHERS: Laguna Niguel resident Randy Hall, left, survived being in a two-year coma, and defied doctors' predictions that he'd never walk or talk again. He even drives his car. The experience has dramatically changed both him and his brother Alan, right, who took care of Randy. Randy has become less self-absorbed, and Alan has learned to let go and enjoy life.
But the “experts” would have told us that he had no hope of recovery. I am glad his brother didn’t give up hope!
Good news. Thanks.
Huh? They're in a COMA. Sweeping ocean views don't mean squat.
Very fortunate to have had a brother that loved him that much rather than a spouse that didn’t.
Blessings on both of them..
Has anyone written a book about the stories of coma survivors?
When my late husband was in coma, we were cautioned to speak positively, keep the radio/TV on and keep the room lighted naturally, because even the nurses in 1986 knew that many coma patients are perceiving their surroundings. When he came out of his first coma, he described things he saw and heard. He knew, for example, when the blinds were open or closed, who was in the room and recalled some of the things that had been said.
There are degrees of consciousness and each state may be totally different for each patient.
What a great story!
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KRAMER: Hey. Oh, Jerry, listen uh, you know, I saw the rest of that movie, The Other Side Of Darkness? The coma lady wakes up at the end.
GEORGE: (frustrated) Ohh, I wanted to see that. (waves his arms in frustration) Thanks. Thanks a lot.
KRAMER: I didn’t know it was possible to come out of a coma.
JERRY: I didn’t know it was possible not to know that.
Ping, you’ve GOT to see this!
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