Man awakens 12 years that he's in coma. It was in the 1980s when the condition Cryptococci Meningitis hit him and made him tied to bed, which caused him to lose his ability to speak, move and associate with the real world. Man awakens, 12 years after he was in a vegetative state.
The mind of the man awakens, 12 years after and told that he knew everything that was happening around him. Fox 2 Now noted that his physicians had declared that he would die so it was better to bring him home. However, his parents continued to fight for his life.
He was just 12 years old that time when he fell into vegetative state. Now he is 39 and married, Martin Pistorius is living a normal life and living in Harlow, England with his family. He chronicled his unforgettable experience in his book, "Ghost Boy: My Escape from a Life Locked Inside My Own Body."
NPR News reported that in the beginning, doctors were unable to determine the real cause of his illness. Until doctors concluded that it is Cryptococci Meningitis. They told Rodney and Joan Pistorius, Martin's parents that he is good for nothing. Never had they thought that man awakens, 12 years after.
His father didn't give up. He would get up at 5 o'clock in the morning, get him dressed, load him in the car, take him to the special care center. Before man awakens, 12 years after, his father does the same routine. Bath, feed, put him to bed and turn him two hours later so that he won't have bedsores.
However, this was not the thing for the mother of the man awakens, 12 years after. Joan started losing hope that one day he would be okay again. And worst, she admitted, she wished Martin to die so that she would get relief from her frustrations.
Noone knows how the man awakens, 12 years after. But Martin guessed that his consciousness came back when he was 14 or 15. And he would recall, he knew and heard what his mother was telling him.
"Yes, I was there, not from the very beginning, but about two years into my vegetative state, I began to wake up. I was aware of everything, just like any normal person. Everyone was so used to me not being there that they didn't notice when I began to be present again. The stark reality hit me that I was going to spend the rest of my life like that - totally alone."
The man awakens, 12 years after penned all his sufferings and experiences in his book. It took a lot of courage and determination to battle with his illness and to be locked in his own body and nobody would understand. Now, what's important he had overcome everything and now he's living a happy and healthy life.
