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Florida Woman Edwarda O'bara Dies After 42 Years In Coma by kfako1: 6:03pm On Nov 24, 2012 |
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/23/15393892-florida-woman-edwarda-obara-dies-after-42-years-in-coma?lite |
Re: Florida Woman Edwarda O'bara Dies After 42 Years In Coma by kfako1: 6:20pm On Nov 24, 2012 |
I think everyone should have a Living Will. It gives instructions on how you want to die or not die if you are in a lengthy coma or in a vegetative condition. Many people don't wish to inconvenience anyone for 40 years as in this woman's care nor even for 40 days if it is determined they will never recover from a vegetative condition and although she was not brain dead, she was in a vegetative condition. This girl's family took care of her in a loving manner, those were their wishes, however, she might have wished they had just let her die a natural death rather than allowing her to lie in bed with a feeding inserted in her abdomin through which liquid nutrients flowed into her for 40 years. 1 Like |
Re: Florida Woman Edwarda O'bara Dies After 42 Years In Coma by Nobody: 6:42pm On Nov 24, 2012 |
promise is a promise... i am deeply touched 3 Likes |
Re: Florida Woman Edwarda O'bara Dies After 42 Years In Coma by slimyem: 10:34pm On Nov 24, 2012 |
42 years?? Wow!! The kinda hope this family had eh... Na wa!! IMO though,she died in 1970 at 16!!! 1 Like |
Re: Florida Woman Edwarda O'bara Dies After 42 Years In Coma by Kobojunkie: 12:17am On Nov 25, 2012 |
She held on for 42 years? WOW . . she really didn't want to let go, now did she? |
Re: Florida Woman Edwarda O'bara Dies After 42 Years In Coma by EfemenaXY: 12:30am On Nov 25, 2012 |
This is such a touching story. Bless her, and bless her family. May she rest in peace now. |
Re: Florida Woman Edwarda O'bara Dies After 42 Years In Coma by Afam4eva(m): 12:35am On Nov 25, 2012 |
Can we have a picture of her pre-coma and just before she died. If this happened in Nigeria, they would have given up on her long long time ago. 1 Like |
Re: Florida Woman Edwarda O'bara Dies After 42 Years In Coma by KayDee4: 2:55am On Nov 25, 2012 |
42 years and I thought Ariel Sharon had stayed too long @ 6 years + . |
Re: Florida Woman Edwarda O'bara Dies After 42 Years In Coma by greenoak: 3:02am On Nov 25, 2012 |
Touching very touching |
Re: Florida Woman Edwarda O'bara Dies After 42 Years In Coma by bigpastor(m): 3:02am On Nov 25, 2012 |
That's gr8! They kept the PROMISE! I PLEDGE/PROMISE too Nigeria my country To be fai... .....& hone....... How I wish Nigerians and her leaders in particular will learn from this. To sacrifice such level of hope and care for this our morbidly surviving entity 'NIGERIA' Naija go better Me I don learn gr8 lessons from this story. ESP not to be a covenant-breaker. What about you? 1 Like |
Re: Florida Woman Edwarda O'bara Dies After 42 Years In Coma by Nobody: 3:13am On Nov 25, 2012 |
k.fako: Do you know of any 16 year old that has a will? Most people dont think of that until they are older, have children, etc. |
Re: Florida Woman Edwarda O'bara Dies After 42 Years In Coma by Areaboy2(m): 3:30am On Nov 25, 2012 |
slimyem: 42 years?? I kinda agree, but with quotes like... "Yesterday while taking care of Edwarda I noticed her looking directly at me and gave me the biggest smile I had ever seen. She then closed her eyes and joined my Mom in Heaven." Makes me wonder. What am I missing here? I thought people in coma don't smile? or are they delusional?? No disrespect intended |
Re: Florida Woman Edwarda O'bara Dies After 42 Years In Coma by Nobody: 3:32am On Nov 25, 2012 |
sorry, |
Re: Florida Woman Edwarda O'bara Dies After 42 Years In Coma by speeder(m): 4:12am On Nov 25, 2012 |
*walks into thread*, *reads the post*, *instead of peeing on it, i gave honour to it*. Nice family |
Re: Florida Woman Edwarda O'bara Dies After 42 Years In Coma by UyiIredia(m): 4:19am On Nov 25, 2012 |
The family tried for her. |
Re: Florida Woman Edwarda O'bara Dies After 42 Years In Coma by mamagee3(f): 4:58am On Nov 25, 2012 |
Wow!!! What a weird story, I wonder how it felt to just be like that for 42 years |
Re: Florida Woman Edwarda O'bara Dies After 42 Years In Coma by dyabman(m): 5:09am On Nov 25, 2012 |
So she never heard Michael jackson's thriller album |
Re: Florida Woman Edwarda O'bara Dies After 42 Years In Coma by optimistD(m): 6:09am On Nov 25, 2012 |
afam4eva: Can we have a picture of her pre-coma and just before she died.you are sick you no. You lack self esteem. U believe you are inferior to whites. Work on Your self man. |
Re: Florida Woman Edwarda O'bara Dies After 42 Years In Coma by nagoma(m): 6:37am On Nov 25, 2012 |
afam4eva: This is not true , I know a Nigerian family family that did this for 40years. Although the person cared for was not in coma , he needed care on hourly basis and could not even sit on bedpan so had to be washed in bed regularly. The caring mother died after 36 years and relatives continued for another 4 years. 1 Like |
Re: Florida Woman Edwarda O'bara Dies After 42 Years In Coma by puskin: 7:45am On Nov 25, 2012 |
mama-gee: Try slipping into a coma.......then U'll know how. |
Re: Florida Woman Edwarda O'bara Dies After 42 Years In Coma by nedu2000(m): 8:00am On Nov 25, 2012 |
Really touching |
Re: Florida Woman Edwarda O'bara Dies After 42 Years In Coma by Ariyke: 8:04am On Nov 25, 2012 |
afam4eva: Can we have a picture of her pre-coma and just before she died.Nigeria ke u funny sha, she wont av lasted a year |
Re: Florida Woman Edwarda O'bara Dies After 42 Years In Coma by OgidiOlu3(m): 8:23am On Nov 25, 2012 |
42 yrs? . Didn't she age physically? |
Re: Florida Woman Edwarda O'bara Dies After 42 Years In Coma by yuzedo: 8:46am On Nov 25, 2012 |
This woman has been dead for 40yrs abeg. See stress na? Shuu?! Well, the family deserves all the praise and respect, they were the strong, honorable and loving ones.. Not the person in coma. I wouldn't want to inconvenience my family for more than a year. If I am a vegetable, there's no need slowing down others, seeing as even I am cannot live my life to the full. Abi dem just wan enter Guinness book of Records? 1 Like |
Re: Florida Woman Edwarda O'bara Dies After 42 Years In Coma by Nobody: 9:28am On Nov 25, 2012 |
Sleeping Beauty. This sort of reminds me of a similar case in Nigeria - a Man this time though(and the danger was averted). Now, I didn't mention anyone's name. |
Re: Florida Woman Edwarda O'bara Dies After 42 Years In Coma by crisycent: 9:40am On Nov 25, 2012 |
[b]One thing i learned from this story when i first read it on yahoo is the poor state of our healthcare facility in Nigeria. Two weeks ago, i rushed my aunty(who sadly passed last week) to the emergency ward of UBTH and it was like a war zone, you will think Nigeria is at war. No bed, crowded wards and so on....plus i don't blame the doctors/nurses, they are fully stretched and no one can work under such conditions. While i was at UBTH, the nurse was shouting to get the attention of someone that paid to use the CT scan and when i heard how much the person paid for the scan, i was sad!!!! If a federal government hospital could charge 50,0000 naira for just one scan of the head, then the poor will continue to die in this country......imagine this woman that died that has spent 42 years in coma, if that were nigeria, how much medical bill would the family have to pay I am not asking the govt. for too much, they can steal all they want but can they just put some basic amenities in place for the poor? Food or thought.......[/b] 4 Likes |
Re: Florida Woman Edwarda O'bara Dies After 42 Years In Coma by ChiSun27(m): 9:46am On Nov 25, 2012 |
HQ: Sleeping Beauty. u 4 complete nah...as u no de fear...u funny sha. |
Re: Florida Woman Edwarda O'bara Dies After 42 Years In Coma by ChiSun27(m): 9:48am On Nov 25, 2012 |
d family tried alot....but d punishment 2 loonnnnnngggg nah....but thank God sey na abroad....cus if na 9ja....de 4 run out of resources. |
Re: Florida Woman Edwarda O'bara Dies After 42 Years In Coma by Dextra(f): 10:11am On Nov 25, 2012 |
This story brought tears to my eyes. So much love and commitment. Do you know what caring for this woman will have cost the family? not in terms of finance but physically, they basically wouldn't have a life of their own. I will like to meet the sister and ask her how she did it because I know from experience it is not easy caring for unconscious patients. It also made me think of all those patients who go into irreversible brain damage after cardiac arrest, how we ask the families to give permission to pull them off the ventilator (life support), although I always wish they'll wake up before the ventilator is switched off but they never did. This is a story of LOVE. I knew how hectic it was for me when I took care of a patient with brain cancer, how impatient I grew sometimes though I knew it wasn't her fault that she had to scream at the top of her voice in the middle of the night (every night and day) and keep the neighbours awake. When she finally passed on, I was relieved, not from caring for her but from the fact that she won't feel the pains anymore. Having to care for 42 years! This is the epitome of Care! I pray God bless me with such. 3 Likes |
Re: Florida Woman Edwarda O'bara Dies After 42 Years In Coma by dnawah(m): 10:31am On Nov 25, 2012 |
This family no want carry God's name high?them no belive in miracle?abi them never hear of T.B Joshua b4? |
Re: Florida Woman Edwarda O'bara Dies After 42 Years In Coma by xcalzy(m): 10:31am On Nov 25, 2012 |
Dextra: This story brought tears to my eyes. So much love and commitment. Do you know what caring for this woman will have cost the family? not in terms of finance but physically, they basically wouldn't have a life of their own. I will like to meet the sister and ask her how she did it because I know from experience it is not easy caring for unconscious patients.Lovely comment. Love ur signature too. D "I live for today ONLY". God bless! :-) |
Re: Florida Woman Edwarda O'bara Dies After 42 Years In Coma by Dextra(f): 10:40am On Nov 25, 2012 |
xcalzy: Lovely comment. Love ur signature too. D "I live for today ONLY". God bless! :-)Thank you. I have seen so much in life that I know it is better not to worry about tomorrow. lol! 1 Like |
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