Coma Stories

“I’m sorry, but we just don’t know.” That phrase, and its myriad variations, was one I’d heard a lot in the past three months. That’s how long Liz had been in her coma. She was driving home late from her office, and then… something happened. Her car went off the road and flipped multiple times. The injuries were severe; multiple broken bones, internal bleeding, a lacerated liver, and more. A traumatic brain injury had pla...

It had been a terrible accident. I'd been coming home from a trip up north to Bakersfield and was just north of Lebec when it happened. This stretch of Interstate 5 is known as The Grapevine and is infamous for really bad motor vehicle accidents. This one would prove to be one that I'd remember for the rest of my life. Not for what happened in the accident, but for what happened after... It had been a very long day and I...

Vinny was young and reckless. He had gotten into fast cars as soon as he turned seventeen. All the movies about fast cars didn’t help either. By the time he turned nineteen he had totalled three cars. His family were worried about him and it wasn’t long before their fears were realized. Having a race along a deserted highway, Vinny totalled his fourth car. This time he wasn’t so lucky, he had a severe concussion and went...