“We’re waiting for a miracle.” That’s what my friend Gloria (not her real name) tells people who ask how her brother-in-law John, in a coma for more than two months, is doing.
Ever since last Easter when their mother had to be placed into permanent care, Gloria’s family spend every evening sharing visits to their Mother, who speaks and understands only Greek, and now the hospital where their husband, father and brother-in-law is.
When their mother, in her late 80s was rushed to hospital after collapsing at home, doctors told the family she only had only hours to live.
Remarkably, the mother, suffering from kidney failure when admitted to emergency, rallied. Given her advanced age and even though her Alzheimer's is getting noticeably worse, she is in relatively good physical health.