A ‘miracle patient’ of Covid-19 in the US woke up from a coma just before a life support decision

Medical equipment is positioned outside a Covid patient’s room in the Oakbend Medical Center ICU in Richmond, Texas, on July 15, 2020.

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• An American mother, Lisa Martin, has been hailed as a “miracle patient” after recovering from a brutal three-month hospitalization for complications related to the coronavirus.
• “His incredible journey includes 59 days on a ventilator, 40 days in an induced coma and surviving a frontal lobe stroke,” wrote Memorial Satilla Health in a Facebook post.
• Martin had been in a coma since the end of October and the hospital asked her family to decide whether to take her off her ventilator.
• A day before the family wanted to make a decision, Martin woke up, the hospital said.
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An American woman hailed as a “miracle patient” finally emerged from a local hospital on New Year’s Eve, after months of treatment for Covid-19, including 40 days in a medically induced coma.

Lisa Martin, a 49-year-old mother of four, was first hospitalized at Memorial Satilla Health in Waycross, Georgia, in late September, the hospital said in a statement.

“His amazing journey includes 59 days on a ventilator, 40 days in an induced coma, and surviving a frontal lobe stroke,” wrote Memorial Satilla Health in a Facebook post.

According to the hospital, staff eventually called Martin’s family and asked them to make a decision about taking her off life support. The family chose to wait 11 days before agreeing on what to do.

“But God had other plans. On the eleventh day, Lisa broke the sedatives and started following Jeff with her eyes and waved her hand,” the hospital said.

Martin was then sent to two other hospitals for additional treatment and rehabilitation. His recovery included relearning how to “walk, talk, swallow, eat,” Martin told First Coast News.

“I have to use oxygen 24 hours a day and I have to walk with a walker or wheelchair for long distances,” Martin told the news station. “Doctors think I should make a full recovery.”

One of Martin’s daughters, Madison, told PEOPLE that the trip “has changed our lives for the better.”

She continued: “My mom wanted to have Covid, almost die and now fight to get back to a normal life? Absolutely! But if God wanted to use my mom as an example on how to keep faith during fights, dark times and difficulties, so I thank God for using my mom. “

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