16 year old Coma ends abruptly

For more than 16 years, Patsy White Bull lay on a hospital bed in a state of coma. This American Indian was in coma induced by a blood clot during the birth of her last child. Doctors felt there was lottle hope for Patsy, 42, but were proved wrong, on 21 December, when the nursing aides changing her sheets were astonished to be told, "Don't do that.".

Patsy, whose nick name as a young women was "Happi", was celebrated for her beauty and vibrancy. She modelled for Lee Marmon, perhaps the most famous Native American photographer in the world.

Patsy needs physical and speech therapy to rebuild her wasted muscles and vocal cords.