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...absurdity: adult men fighting over a kids' version of a thuggish sport. But when Costin, 40, emerged from the locker room, Junta was there. The men started brawling. At six foot one and 275 pounds, Junta overwhelmed Costin, 100 pounds lighter, and allegedly beat him into a coma. Two days later, Costin - a part-time carpenter and single father of four - was dead...
...Eddie Murphy in The Nutty Professor and Mike Myers in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me). The result is a frighteningly realistic, bad-mouthing Southern granny with an attitude. Prior to filming, Lawrence made headlines when he collapsed from a heat stroke and slipped into a coma after jogging in heavy clothing. As a consequence, extreme measures were taken during filming to ensure Lawrence's comfort and safety while in the fat suit. As for the fat suit itself, it looks like the film's success will depend largely on its effectiveness-Lawrence's appearance will have to draw...
...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...
...days after the tracheotomy, I read that music can help coma victims, so I played a Linda Ronstadt tape, Canciones de mi Padre, for my dad. Not five minutes later, he opened his eyes for the first time in 22 days! That was in January. Now, four months later, he's making slow progress back. Though he still has the tracheotomy and feeding tube, he is breathing on his own. But the effects of the Aricept are beginning to wane: some days he recognizes me, some days not. He still can't walk. And sometimes he gets so angry...
...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...