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man speaks after 19 years in a coma
« on: Jul 9^th, 2003, 3:02pm »

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what an amazing story!!! Cool

HE STARTED out with Mom and surprised her and then it was Pepsi and then it was milk. And now its anything he wants to say, Stone County Nursing and Rehabilitation Center social director Alesha Badgley said Tuesday.
His mother, Angilee Wallis, called her sons return to consciousness a miracle: I couldnt tell you my first thought, I just fell over on the floor, she said.
Terry Wallis, now 39, was riding with a friend in July 1984 when their car left the road and plunged into a creek. Wallis and his friend were found the next day underneath a bridge. The friend was dead and Wallis was comatose.
Wallis daughter, Amber, was born shortly before the accident, and the coma dragged on for almost two decades. She is now 19 and her dad has said he wants to walk again, for her. He is a quadriplegic as a result of the crash.
Its been hard dealing with it, its been hard realizing the man I married cant be there, said Wallis wife, Sandi. We all, the whole family, missed out on his company.
The silence ended June 12 when Wallis uttered his first word. He was able to talk a little more a day later and has improved ever since.

Terrys father, Jerry Wallis, said his son talks almost nonstop now, but it seems as though time stopped for him after the wreck. Terry still believes Ronald Reagan is the president.
Terry has asked to speak to his grandmother, who died several years ago, and even recited her phone number something everyone else in the family had forgotten.
You see, hes still back in 1984, said Jerry Wallis.
For the Wallis family, Terrys return to consciousness has been a blessing.
Perry Wallis, Terry brother, said just to put it bluntly, it was pure hell to see your brother laying there, not knowing if youll ever talk to him again.
The timing of the recovery also has raised eyebrows.
Its kind of peculiar. He wrecked on Friday the 13th and 19 years later he started talking on Friday the 13th, Jerry Wallis said.

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Re: man speaks after 19 years in a coma
« Reply #1 on: Jul 9^th, 2003, 6:58pm »

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I was reading about this earlier. What is amazing to me is that his family has stood by him for such a long time. I can't imagine being married to someone for 20 years that is in a coma. Talk about a test in a relationship. If they can make it through a 19 year coma and him being quadriplegic they can do anything. I hope his recovery goes well and he actually does get to walk again!!

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