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Old 07-09-2003, 03:19 PM
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Post Man Out of Coma After 19 Years

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ark., July 9 — The words began tumbling out — at first just a few nouns and eventually a torrent of phrases. Terry Wallis, who had been in a coma since a 1984 car accident, regained consciousness last month to the surprise of doctors and the delight of his family, including his mother, who heard his first word in 19 years.

“HE STARTED out with ’Mom’ and surprised her and then it was ’Pepsi’ and then it was ’milk.’ And now it’s anything he wants to say,” Stone County Nursing and Rehabilitation Center social director Alesha Badgley said Tuesday. His mother, Angilee Wallis, called her son’s return to consciousness a miracle: “I couldn’t tell you my first thought, I just fell over on the floor,” she said. Terry Wallis, now 39, was riding with a friend in July 1984 when their car left the road and plunged into a creek. Wallis and his friend were found the next day underneath a bridge. The friend was dead and Wallis was comatose. Wallis’ daughter, Amber, was born shortly before the accident, and the coma dragged on for almost two decades. She is now 19 and her dad has said he wants to walk again, for her. He is a quadriplegic as a result of the crash. “It’s been hard dealing with it, it’s been hard realizing the man I married can’t be there,” said Wallis’ wife, Sandi. “We all, the whole family, missed out on his company.” The silence ended June 12 when Wallis uttered his first word. He was able to talk a little more a day later and has improved ever since.
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Terry’s father, Jerry Wallis, said his son talks almost nonstop now, but it seems as though time stopped for him after the wreck. Terry still believes Ronald Reagan is the president. Terry has asked to speak to his grandmother, who died several years ago, and even recited her phone number — something everyone else in the family had forgotten. “You see, he’s still back in 1984,” said Jerry Wallis. For the Wallis family, Terry’s return to consciousness has been a blessing. Perry Wallis, Terry’ brother, said “just to put it bluntly, it was pure hell to see your brother laying there, not knowing if you’ll ever talk to him again.” The timing of the recovery also has raised eyebrows. “It’s kind of peculiar. He wrecked on Friday the 13th and 19 years later he started talking on Friday the 13th,” Jerry Wallis said.
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Old 07-09-2003, 03:41 PM
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Word... It's a happy story, but makes you think...I mean, I just turned 20 a month ago and I couldn't imagine just now being a month into knowing my dad for the first time.
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Old 07-09-2003, 03:49 PM
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praise be to God...miracles DO happen
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Old 07-09-2003, 05:46 PM
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Say it again, Say it again! Just think. Someone could have given up hope. That is a wonderful story.
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Old 07-10-2003, 01:49 AM
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wow i guess things like these do happen. Would any of you have hope after 1 , 2, or 3 years? Really, I mean if my husband was in a coma for i few days I'd still be hopeful. But as the years pile up I wouldnt know what to think. I guess I wouldnt think he was dead and gone, but I wouldnt think he was here either. I would go crazy to be honest. Thank God we are only given what we can handle. Jah know I couldnt handle that

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Old 07-10-2003, 08:42 AM
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To God be the glory!

I'm so happy for this young man. I am sure the reorientation process will take time, and I hope that his family will be as patient now as they have been all these years.
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Old 07-10-2003, 11:26 AM
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awesome story

I sent this to my girlfriend. Her grandma has been in a come for a few weeks after suffering a heart attack.
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