Photo: Schon Klinik Bad AiblingFor 27 years, Munira Abdulla had been in a coma following a horrific car crash at the age of 32 in the United Arab Emirates. She’d not uttered a word since 1991.Then, at a clinic in Germany last June,she awoke and called out her son’s name. “When we realized that she was talking with us, we were ecstatic,”Dr. Friedemann Müller, the chief physician at the Schöen Clinic in Bad Aibling,told NBC News.“None of us,” he told the outlet, “had ever experienced that someone wakes again after 27 years.”Her 32-year-old son, Omar Webair, was 4 when he survived the crash that led to his mother’s severe brain injury. He toldThe National, “I never gave up on her because I always had a feeling that one day she will wake up.”Abdulla arrived at the clinic, near Munich, for treatment of seizures,reportsThe New York Times. Doctors said they didn’t think Abdulla would ever open her eyes again, according toThe National.Unresponsive, Abdulla had no awareness of her surroundings, was tube-fed and underwent physiotherapy to prevent muscle atrophy.In Germany, a device placed into her spine to deliver medication may have led to her improvement, Müller toldThe Times.“It’s not like waking up in the morning,” he told NBC. “It was a process over weeks as reactions and vocalizations increased and improved.”A few weeks after saying her son’s name, Abdulla began reciting verses from the Quran she’d remembered from before the accident.“We didn’t believe it at first,” Müller told theTimes. “But eventually it became very clear that she was saying her son’s name.”Webair toldThe Nationalthat when his mother called his name, “I was flying with joy. For years I have dreamt of this moment, and my name was the first word she said.”Now, Abdulla is in Abu Dhabi undergoing further rehabilitation, according toThe National. She can hold conversations and tell her doctors when she’s feeling pain, Webair told the publication.“I shared her story to tell people not to lose hope on their loved ones,” Webair said. “Don’t consider them dead when they are in such a state.”
Photo: Schon Klinik Bad Aibling
For 27 years, Munira Abdulla had been in a coma following a horrific car crash at the age of 32 in the United Arab Emirates. She’d not uttered a word since 1991.Then, at a clinic in Germany last June,she awoke and called out her son’s name. “When we realized that she was talking with us, we were ecstatic,”Dr. Friedemann Müller, the chief physician at the Schöen Clinic in Bad Aibling,told NBC News.“None of us,” he told the outlet, “had ever experienced that someone wakes again after 27 years.”Her 32-year-old son, Omar Webair, was 4 when he survived the crash that led to his mother’s severe brain injury. He toldThe National, “I never gave up on her because I always had a feeling that one day she will wake up.”Abdulla arrived at the clinic, near Munich, for treatment of seizures,reportsThe New York Times. Doctors said they didn’t think Abdulla would ever open her eyes again, according toThe National.Unresponsive, Abdulla had no awareness of her surroundings, was tube-fed and underwent physiotherapy to prevent muscle atrophy.In Germany, a device placed into her spine to deliver medication may have led to her improvement, Müller toldThe Times.“It’s not like waking up in the morning,” he told NBC. “It was a process over weeks as reactions and vocalizations increased and improved.”A few weeks after saying her son’s name, Abdulla began reciting verses from the Quran she’d remembered from before the accident.“We didn’t believe it at first,” Müller told theTimes. “But eventually it became very clear that she was saying her son’s name.”Webair toldThe Nationalthat when his mother called his name, “I was flying with joy. For years I have dreamt of this moment, and my name was the first word she said.”Now, Abdulla is in Abu Dhabi undergoing further rehabilitation, according toThe National. She can hold conversations and tell her doctors when she’s feeling pain, Webair told the publication.“I shared her story to tell people not to lose hope on their loved ones,” Webair said. “Don’t consider them dead when they are in such a state.”
For 27 years, Munira Abdulla had been in a coma following a horrific car crash at the age of 32 in the United Arab Emirates. She’d not uttered a word since 1991.
Then, at a clinic in Germany last June,she awoke and called out her son’s name. “When we realized that she was talking with us, we were ecstatic,”Dr. Friedemann Müller, the chief physician at the Schöen Clinic in Bad Aibling,told NBC News.
“None of us,” he told the outlet, “had ever experienced that someone wakes again after 27 years.”
Her 32-year-old son, Omar Webair, was 4 when he survived the crash that led to his mother’s severe brain injury. He toldThe National, “I never gave up on her because I always had a feeling that one day she will wake up.”
Abdulla arrived at the clinic, near Munich, for treatment of seizures,reportsThe New York Times. Doctors said they didn’t think Abdulla would ever open her eyes again, according toThe National.
Unresponsive, Abdulla had no awareness of her surroundings, was tube-fed and underwent physiotherapy to prevent muscle atrophy.
In Germany, a device placed into her spine to deliver medication may have led to her improvement, Müller toldThe Times.
“It’s not like waking up in the morning,” he told NBC. “It was a process over weeks as reactions and vocalizations increased and improved.”
A few weeks after saying her son’s name, Abdulla began reciting verses from the Quran she’d remembered from before the accident.
“We didn’t believe it at first,” Müller told theTimes. “But eventually it became very clear that she was saying her son’s name.”
Webair toldThe Nationalthat when his mother called his name, “I was flying with joy. For years I have dreamt of this moment, and my name was the first word she said.”
Now, Abdulla is in Abu Dhabi undergoing further rehabilitation, according toThe National. She can hold conversations and tell her doctors when she’s feeling pain, Webair told the publication.
“I shared her story to tell people not to lose hope on their loved ones,” Webair said. “Don’t consider them dead when they are in such a state.”
source: people.com
