Man Who Wakes From 10-Year Coma Reveals He Was Awake And Heard Everything Around Him

At the age of 12, Martin Pistorius fell ill with a mysterious illness that ultimately robbed him of speech and movement. While doctors believed that Martin had been reduced to the mental capacity of a baby, he laid trapped inside his own body, fully aware of everything that was happening around him.

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This is the last known photograph of Martin Pistorius before he was incapacitated by a mysterious and terrifying illness. Back in 1975, Martin was sent home with a sore throat. Other symptoms quickly began to develop. 

Martin began to sleep all the time and stopped communicating altogether. After 18 months, he was wheelchair-bound. Doctors treated him for cryptococcal meningitis, a fungal infection of the brain, as well as tuberculosis of the brain. 

This picture shows Martin as he began to progressively lose control of his body. He became trapped in his own body but remained conscious and awake. 

The mysterious illness put a strain on Martin’s family, but they continued to provide care for him. Here he is pictured with his father, Rodney, at some point during his illness. Doctors had little faith that he would recover, but he was cared for at home and in special daycare centers, motionless for more than a decade.