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Woman in coma alert after six years.(Lilly, Christa)(Brief article)
When Christa Lilly--a Colorado woman who slipped into a coma over six years ago as a result of a heart attack and stroke--recently regained consciousness, her doctors were baffled. Although Lilly has since relapsed, doctors have labeled her unexplained return to consciousness a miracle.
This was not the first time Lilly awakened from her coma. Since falling into a vegetative state, she has been awake for a total of 12 days. Doctors have been unable to explain why she is able to regain consciousness, or predict the next time she will awake.
Lilly's story brings to mind one of the most remarkable and highly publicized cases of a person in a long-term ...
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