A woman was in a coma for several months when, while carrying out her daily sponge-bath, the nursing staff noticed a minor response as they washed her genitalia. At first they put it down to REM but, as they repeated the same motion, they realized it was more than that.
The woman’s husband was summoned and the situation was explained to him by the treating physician.
“We believe that your wife is very close to regaining consciousness,” he explained. “We think that perhaps a little oral sex will be enough to do the trick.”
“That’s fantastic,” said her husband, clearly overcome with the thought. “After all this time I am really looking forward to having my wife back.”
“That’s great. We will hang a sign on the door and leave you alone with your wife and we will see if this produces the results we all want. It is important, however, that you take things slowly and carefully. Just press the nurse call button when your wife opens her eyes because there will be some tests we need to carry out to check for any long-term damage, etc,” explained the doctor.
“No problem. I hope this works.” said her husband, clearly excited.
So they were left alone for a while and the nurses all congregated around the nurses station awaiting the inevitable summoning buzzer.
About 15 minutes later the whole scene changed dramatically as lights started flashing and warning buzzers alerted the staff to a situation in the woman’s room. The doctor and a handful of nurses all converged on the room to find that the woman had, in fact, flat-lined!
As the nurses prepared adrenaline and charged up the paddles the doctor took her husband aside and asked what had happened in the room.
“I honestly don’t know,” said her husband, clearly surprised. “But, if I had to hazard a guess, I’d say she choked!”
