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Former Puerto Rican boxer Prichard Colón died at 33, 11 years after suffering a severe brain injury that left him in a 221-day coma following a 2015 bout; his family sued the ringside doctor and promoters for allowing the fight to continue.
A Welsh woman contracted tick-borne encephalitis after a holiday in Greece, was placed in an induced coma for 42 days, and now lives with memory loss and seizures, taking 15–18 tablets daily; she has become less outgoing, lost jobs, and advocates vaccination and awareness since TBE is preventable but not NHS-funded in the UK, while Public Health Wales notes a very low UK risk and emphasizes tick prevention.
BuzzFeed collects 23 firsthand accounts from coma survivors, detailing experiences that range from complete blankness with no dreams to vivid dreams and hallucinations, with memory gaps spanning days to years, varying awareness of the surrounding world, and post‑coma personality or cognitive changes. Some woke to conversations or sounds they couldn’t respond to, others had lucid-like experiences or memory fracturing, and outcomes vary from full recovery to lasting emotional or memory challenges.
BuzzFeed compiles 29 firsthand stories from people who were in a coma due to surgery, accidents, or illness, revealing a spectrum from complete immobility and unresponsiveness to moments of lucidity and vivid, dreamlike experiences. The accounts cover memory gaps, personality changes, and emotional tolls on patients and families, highlighting how coma experiences vary widely, the difficulty of communication during unconsciousness, and the long road of recovery and reintegration after waking up.
Leah Stewart, a mid-30s mother and teacher attacked by a shark at Coogee Beach, spent 10 days in an induced coma and underwent five surgeries, including an arm amputation. Doctors extubated her and reduced sedation enough for a brief moment, during which she told her mother and partner 'I love you'—a hopeful sign as she remains in critical care with a long recovery ahead.
A 34-year-old teacher, Leah Stewart, who was bitten by a shark at Coogee Beach more than a week ago, has briefly woken from an induced coma as doctors tapered her sedation. She remains in critical condition after multiple surgeries, including arm amputation, with more procedures planned in coming weeks; her family called the moment a positive sign and said they are hopeful for her long-term recovery.
Singer Bonnie Tyler has emerged from a monthlong coma but remains in intensive care in Portugal, very unwell after emergency surgery for a perforated intestine; doctors are cautiously optimistic about recovery, but a full return to touring will take time as shows through August are canceled with autumn dates hoped to proceed.
Bonnie Tyler has woken from an induced coma after emergency intestinal surgery in Portugal but remains very unwell in intensive care; doctors are cautiously optimistic about recovery, though progress is slow, and her summer tour has been cancelled or postponed with a view to resuming next year.
A 17-year-old was beaten outside Madison Square Garden after the Knicks' Game 4 win, left in a coma following a clash sparked by a provocative interaction with a content creator; police reviewed surveillance, released a suspect image, and are seeking tips as no arrests have been made.
Thailand’s Princess Bajrakitiyabha Narendira Debyavati, the eldest daughter of King Maha Vajiralongkorn, died at 47 after nearly four years in a coma following a heart condition. The royal palace said her health deteriorated due to complications including an intra‑abdominal infection, colitis and other issues. A lawyer and former diplomat, she had served as Thailand’s ambassador to Austria, Slovenia and Slovakia and was known for public work on prisoners’ rights. The palace will hold royal funeral rites and a national mourning period will be observed; this is a developing story.
Daniel Alexis, a 19-year-old Port St. Lucie High School basketball player, spent months in a coma after a sinus infection spread to his brain. He underwent three brain surgeries at UHealth, gradually improved, and on Thursday watched his Miami hospital graduation on a screen as his mother accepted his diploma in Port St. Lucie, with doctors optimistic about a continued recovery and ongoing rehabilitation.
Yale scientists used full-head EEG to monitor patients under propofol anesthesia and found the brain can enter states that resemble both sleep and coma, challenging the idea that anesthesia is simply deep sleep. The findings could guide better, individualized anesthesia care to minimize postoperative cognitive effects and push toward a sleep-like brain state during procedures.
A Yale-led study using full-head EEG recordings shows anesthesia does not simply put the brain to sleep; instead, anesthetized brains can exhibit sleep-like and coma-like patterns in different regions, challenging the sleep-vs-coma dichotomy and highlighting the potential for real-time brain monitoring to tailor anesthesia and reduce post-surgical cognitive effects.
Bonnie Tyler underwent emergency surgery in Portugal after her appendix burst and severe abdominal pain; doctors placed the 74-year-old singer in an induced coma to aid recovery, with her husband by her bedside and a spokesperson asking for privacy as her condition remains uncertain.
Former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani woke from a coma in a Florida hospital and is now talking and alert while recovering from pneumonia; ally John Catsimatidis said he’s breathing on his own and his family remains at his side as doctors monitor him. The illness follows a prior airway condition linked to his Sept. 11 response, and several political figures and friends have offered well wishes as he fights to recover.