Word: comas
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...Thanks to a new Alzheimer's drug, Aricept, he did--almost magically--begin to remember who I was. But days before Christmas, despite his round-the-clock care, he fell. The doctors decided on hip-replacement surgery, which he survived in good form. Then, inexplicably, he went into a coma, which lasted for nearly a month, with him on a ventilator. My dad's neurologist clearly felt I should take him off life support and let him die in peace. For a week I couldn't decide. But the idea of pulling the plug was too much...
...tubes carrying oxygen to his mouth. In late January, he had an accident at work. He slipped, fell from a loading dock that was three feet off the ground and hit his head. The impact of the fall left my 62-year-old father in a three-week-long coma. One craniotomy, four blood transfusions and several minor operations later, he is slowly beginning to regain consciousness. On good days, he can whisper his name, squeeze his therapist's hand on command, and breathe for 12 continuous hours without the help of a machine. On bad days, he drifts...
Mori's physical dynamism contrasted sharply with the dour frailty of his predecessor, who lay in a coma last week after a massive stroke. But the L.D.P. secretary-general was picked for the top post mainly because of his skills as a fixer in the back rooms of Japanese politics, where real decision making takes place. What his faction-riddled party needs most in these turbulent times--as the country faces a devastating volcanic eruption in the north, economic stagnation and a crisis of confidence--is someone who can hold things together...
...Xena is shocked to find out that Chthon, the evil lizard king of the underworld, is paralyzed after being smote by the wrath of Zeus, creator of all. She rushes to his bedside, feeding him the heads of human children until he finally slips into a coma. With an anguished battle-cry, Xena plunges her broadsword into his heart, ending his misery...
...Brazilian doctors performed a Caesarian section on Neide Neves dos Santos, 24. She has been in a coma...