Martin Pistorius fell into a coma when he was 12-years old in the late 1980s, he remained in a vegetative state for 12 years.
According to sources Martin Pistorius from South Africa lives with his mom and dad. When he was 12 year old he experienced a sore throat, and as the days passes the symptoms worsened.
Doctors in South Africa were not sure what caused his illness, but suspect it was cryptococcal meningitis. His condition grew worse and eventually he lost all ability to move and speak and make eye contact with his family.
Physicians said he would die, but his family proceeded with a routine. Every morning his father would get up at 5 a.m., dress Martin and take him to the care center. At the end of the day, he’d give him a bath, feed him dinner and put him to bed.
His parents set an alarm to go off every two hours to turn Martin’s body so he wouldn’t get bed sores.He lay like an empty shell, unaware of anything around him.
2 years after in coma his mind slowly started awaking and he could see and understand everything going around him, but couldn’t move his body or let the world know that he was in there.
After 12 years, Today, Martin is able to talk again. He uses a computer to speak and is mobile with a wheelchair. His awareness has fully returned.
After a successful recovery he wrote a book GHOST BOY, he shared what all happened with him in this book.