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A friend of mine fell into a deep coma in Cancun this past week.  Mexican DRs said viral encephalitis.  Air ambulance to SFO and admitted to UCSF where DRs said "Massive CVA" (stroke).  The DRs placed his chances of regaining consciousness at 1%.  Family and loves ones were facing some very rough choices.  DRs decided to move him out of ICU to free up a bed and send him to the neurology service.  So the the nurse came in and following their training, told the comatose patient that "they were going to move him, and asked if he was in any pain?"  To which my friend replied "A bit."  The dumbfounded nurse asked him again if he was in pain.  Again he replied: "A bit"  She asked what is last name was and he replied correctly.  

I'm guessing his odds have gone up from 1%.   Got to love the power of the human brain in overcoming the raging skepticism of Neurologists.

Bob
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I'm so sorry to hear about your friend.  It sounds like he may suprise the doctors and recover.  
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1260255 tn?1288654564
I'll send my thoughts out to that mystical force in the universe and your friend in the hopes that he recovers from this and with little to no permanent damage.

Medical miracles do happen.

Audrey
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1453990 tn?1329231426
He has not beat them yet.  He is semi comatose.  I guess he has sent the neurologist back to look at the MRI again and figure out what the next move is.  So I guess it is not just the Limbo Landers that give them a run for their money.  I am feeling more hopeful than yesterday when they were talking about how many days before they stopped treating him.
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That's amazing.   You might want to suggest your friend sending his story to the Discovery Health Channel.  What an amazing story of beating the odds.  Excellent news.  

Julie
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