Celebrating Coma Day: 5 Explorations of Covert Awareness

Last updated on: August 31, 2017 at 9:52 pm by Stephanie Savage

3. Brain Games

Celebrating Coma Day -- the anniversary of my awakening -- by exploring my journey and the researchers who allow the covertly aware to speak for themselves.

Scott Routley’s tennis study declaration that he was pain-free was groundbreaking, but also a relief to everyone who cared for him. Yet it was far from the only way the Owen Lab’s researchers have materially helped patients and their loved ones.

As Dr. Owen relates in Into the Gray Zone, he and his fellow researchers spent years “conversing” with Scott. He became like a part of the team and they felt like members of the Routley family.

Meanwhile, Paul Tremblay was reassured (and vindicated, after years of enduring naysaying doctors) by another innovative Owen Lab technique. His seemingly vegetative son Jeff really does enjoy the movies they share every weekend together…especially the comedies. (According to Into the Gray Zone, Jeff is especially fond of the TV show Seinfeld.)

Sometimes, science not only advances understanding, but touches individual lives.

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