Fre intl (football) dies after 39 year coma

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https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... -into-coma

Horror story.

[Grandpa]

Bloody horrific and sad... not sure how his wife/family maintained their dignity...

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Bloody horrific and sad... not sure how his wife/family maintained their dignity...

Amazing that she apparently was there pretty much every day of the 39 years.

[Ymx]

I read it, and it’s so bloody awful. He spent more than half his life in this state.

And it was down to a knee operation. It’s horrific.

[Ymx]

When they say coma do they actually mean unconscious or do they mean in a vegetative state

[Sandstorm]

When they say coma do they actually mean unconscious or do they mean in a vegetative state

It was just 40 winks.

[Grandpa]

When they say coma do they actually mean unconscious or do they mean in a vegetative state

I read it as a vegetative state, but his wife never wanted life support switched off...

[Sundance-Kid]

When they say coma do they actually mean unconscious or do they mean in a vegetative state

I read it as a vegetative state, but his wife never wanted life support switched off...

He wasn't on life support, he was breathing without support. He was also able to eat.

There was no life support to switch of!

[Ymx]

Not exactly a coma then.

[Sandstorm]

Not exactly a coma then.

Houseplant

[Uncle fester]

When they say coma do they actually mean unconscious or do they mean in a vegetative state

I read it as a vegetative state, but his wife never wanted life support switched off...

He wasn't on life support, he was breathing without support. He was also able to eat.

There was no life support to switch of!

BBC article mentioned brain damage.

[Grandpa]

I read it as a vegetative state, but his wife never wanted life support switched off...

He wasn't on life support, he was breathing without support. He was also able to eat.

There was no life support to switch of!

BBC article mentioned brain damage.

And vegetative state...

'Remarkable devotion'
Piers Edwards, BBC Sport Africa

Bernadette Adams is a remarkable woman, a gentle but steely soul who never once considered turning off her husband's life support machine despite his vegetative state.

For four decades, she has spent nearly every day caring for Jean-Pierre, changing his clothes, preparing his food, never forgetting to give him presents and often talking to him too.

The response was of course silence from a man once described as "larger than life" (and whose skills were highly rated by German football legend Franz Beckenbauer) yet nurses reported slight mood changes on the rare occasions Bernadette went away for a night or two.

I visited the Adams home in southern France in 2016 whereupon Bernadette explained the hospital had never apologised for an accident which she could not help thinking about every day.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58463792

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Not exactly a coma then.

Houseplant

Give it a rest. Wasn't funny the 1st time.

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I read it, and it’s so bloody awful. He spent more than half his life in this state.

And it was down to a knee operation. It’s horrific.

All down to an anaesthetist who administered the wrong dose. Terrifying thought.