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Man who recovers consciousness after 12 years shares his incredible story - Kiwi Report

Man who recovers consciousness after 12 years shares his incredible story


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Imagine your world turning upside down in one moment; imagine becoming, from healthy, functioning beings, to shells of yourselves; paralyzed, unable to move, speak, communicate in any way. Now imagine being trapped in a body paralyzed this way while your mind remains as it is now: sharp and conscious. Imagine not being able to say, “please”, “yes”, “no” or “I love you”. Not being able to shout out, when you needed it most: “Help me.” Rare diseases that cause this kind of abrupt and awful turn of fates seem far away and foreign to us, but in truth, they could happen at any point, and to anyone, as Martin learned; and our silent and blind confidence in conventional medicine soothes us; but both tore Martin’s life apart in a way no one could ever envision.
Exactly that happened to Martin a South African man who, as a 12-year-old boy, contracted an unknown infection, and within months became completely paralyzed. His motor skills were utterly gone. He could not speak, or even make eye contact; he had no way to communicate. His mind went as blank and obtuse as his body as he lost all ability to communicate. A heartbreaking tragedy, a young boy tossed into an abyss of nothingness, not alive, unable to die.
That alone would make an outstanding story — outstandingly sad, that is. But it has even more raw and remarkable twists. Paralysis was only the beginning for Martin, and his journey would take him, and his family, to reaches far and wide of the the mind and body, and of the nature of communication, of the true meaning of family. Martin’s story is the outstanding, odd-defying testimony to the victory of the unconquerable, unmeasurable human will to live over unending difficulties. This is the incredible journey of one unique, brave, and powerful young man, who beat all odds with nothing but strength of will and the enormous power of hope.



[post_page_title]The story[/post_page_title]
It’s our worst nightmare: hearing, feeling, sensing — but unable to move or communicate. What if we could think, imagine, feel, but never speak or reach out? After a quick deterioration that started from complaints of a sore throat, Martin Pistorius, then a 12-year-old boy, lost touch, gradually, with reality. First he became paralyzed in body, and then in mind; he spent years in a coma that slowly overtook him, wherein he could not make eye contact, speak, or move.
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