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| Melbourne man wakes from coma after almost three years |
| 2009-01-18 |
| A MAN whose family was told he would die without waking has spoken his first words after almost three years in a coma. "I am better," Ilija Marinovic told his wife, Margaret. Mrs Marinovic said: "I didn't believe it because all the doctors said it would never happen." While Mr Marinovic has been "away", his daughter has celebrated her 18th birthday, his son has had a second child, his sister has died and the whole world has changed, the Sunday Herald Sun reports. The 57-year-old was unaware his only son, Dinko, flew from Croatia twice to see him - once expecting to collect his body. Her husband fell and hit his head on October 26, 2006, and had part of his skull removed to relieve pressure on the brain. Doctors told the Preston family that when he was taken off life support in November 2006, he would die. He didn't. The family was then told Mr Marinovic was in a vegetative state and would never recover. "Every day for almost three years I have come to visit him at the Amity nursing home in South Morang and he has just laid there," Mrs Marinovic said. "A few weeks ago I was washing his face and, as I always do, I asked him how he was and he said, 'I'm better'. "I couldn't believe it." Mr Marinovic was assessed by a specialist on Friday. Rehabilitation will be arranged. His lawyer Lee Flanagan, of Thomas Arnold and Becker, was amazed by Mr Marinovic's progress. 'I've never heard of anything like it before," he said. "It was a magic moment for Margaret when he spoke. He lost the simple pleasure of enjoying life." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 His second grandchild, I take it. Good news for that whole family! |
| Posted by: lotp 2009-01-18 12:27 |
| #3 his son has had a second child huh? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-01-18 11:32 |
| #2 Preston? He'll think he went to hell (or Kabul) |
| Posted by: Mullah Lodabullah 2009-01-18 09:43 |
| #1 After he's updated on the US presidential election, he'll likely go back to sleep. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-01-18 06:57 |