AMAZING. man in diagnosed to be in coma for 23 years, was ALERT.

NyMets609 · Nov 24, 2009

http://news.aol.com/article/ron-houben-says-he-heard-everything-for/780187

NyMets609 · Nov 24, 2009

I could not even imagine went he went thru. I mean theres absolutely nothing you can do to get some attention or let doctors know your alert, I was going to say he shoulda just shit all over the walls. lol but the poor fucker cant move either. christ.

Firehorn · Nov 24, 2009

Sad and scary. Most of us take for granted everyday that we will never have something bad happen to us, but when we see things on the news and to others, it really makes at least me think of how lucky I am to be healthy.

Dante · Nov 24, 2009

can you imagine the things he heard people say about him all these years when they thought he could not hear ??

lifexpired · Nov 24, 2009

this is so insane to think about

NyMets609 · Nov 24, 2009

did it say if he was married or not? i forget read it late last night...imagine if his wife divorced and went to visit with a new husband or bf (would be weird on the wifes part i know).

eoghater · Nov 24, 2009

why did it take so long to conduct a brain scan on this fellow? This story makes me sick...

SportSavant · Nov 24, 2009

In the article it says he 'Closed his eyes' because he cannot cry.

Im surprised he couldn't communicate by opening and closing his eyes over the past years?

blink once for yes? blink two for no?

Railbird · Nov 24, 2009

thats why you the doctors and the goverment should not murder people like they did when they murder Schiavo.

gynecologist · Nov 24, 2009

One of the craziest stories I've ever seen.. Wow imagine, I'm sure he's not the only one.. Probably thousands have had the same thing.

celticGreen+ · Nov 24, 2009

Makes me think of "johnny got his gun" - what an f'd up situation to be in. How would that not drive someone mad?

Royale · Nov 24, 2009

Wow, that would have driven me mad with the boredom and frustration.

gynecologist · Nov 24, 2009

We all have it good.

tatehill2000 · Nov 24, 2009

Railbird said:
thats why you the doctors and the goverment should not murder people like they did when they murder Schiavo.

rail, oh my god, you gotta bring that terry chick into this??

that chick was a vegetable, they did 500 brain scans on her, she was OUT,

and I tell ya right now, if you asked everyone here, they all would want to die a painless death of starvation versus being a vegetable and having their wives come into their hospital room and bang their new boyfriend on thier bed while they lay there!

lol

if you have zero brain awareness, you should die, who would want to live?
tater

Railbird · Nov 24, 2009

teri spoke and said she wanted to live. most people murder their relatives to save a big medical bill that would cut into their inheritance.

KingofNicotine · Nov 24, 2009

Railbird, I'm guessing you are republican and own at least one shotgun and a pick-up truck?

NyMets609 · Nov 24, 2009

it says in the article doctors make this mistake 40% of the time with this diagnoses............i may have read/interpreted wrong, god i hope so, thats alot of ppl suffering.

Redagger029 · Nov 24, 2009

This is so straight up scary because it could happen to any of us.

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GameBreaker · Nov 24, 2009

This is a recurring nightmare I have. Where I want to express myself, and sometimes scream, but am paralyzed and cannot make a sound.

what torture this guy must have went through