"Man dubbed 'Ghost Boy' awakens from coma after 12-year confinement"
🗓️ Published: August 5, 2025
Martin Pistorious fell into a coma at the age of 12 due to brain infections and was trapped in his body for 12 years, eventually regaining consciousness. Despite being initially misdiagnosed, his caregivers discovered he was conscious and helped him communicate using a computer. Pistorious overcame the odds, learned to communicate, married his wife Joanna in 2009, and now lives in England working as a web designer, sharing his incredible journey in his memoir "Ghost Boy: My Escape From a Life Locked Inside My Own Body."
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