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Home»Specials/Features»Miraculous 16-year-old boy wakes from coma with ‘thumbs up’
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Miraculous 16-year-old boy wakes from coma with ‘thumbs up’

BigEyeUg3By BigEyeUg3November 27, 2013
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Recovering: Ryan Smith, 16, was knocked off his bike and severely injured - but had decided not to wear a helmet because he was worried it would spoil his fashionable hairstyleRyan Smith had been in a coma for four months since the bike accident. This is the moment a 16-year-old, left in a coma after being knocked off his bike, woke up after four months, spoke for the time and hugged his father, who had been by his hospital bed every day.

Ryan Smith was badly hurt as he cycled to work in Lincolnshire and was not wearing a helmet because he did not want to mess up his hair.

The teenager, who doctors say requires years of rehabilitation, has remained in hospital ever since the accident near the seaside village of Chapel St Leonards.

On July 22 His father Mark, 44, released heartbreaking pictures at the time of the collision of him cradling his brain-damaged son as he lay in a coma. He has spent every day by Ryan’s bed after being told his son might not survive. Ryan’s plight even touched Match of the Day pundit John Hartson who travelled to Pilgrim Hospital in Boston, Lincolnshire, from London to offer his support.

Paramedic Mark described the incredible moment Ryan woke from his coma to embrace him for the first time in months. He said: ‘It was an unbelievable moment – which is so hard to put into words.  ‘To go from being told he might not survive to holding him in my arms was just a moment I will cherish forever. ‘It was the best hug I’d ever had, it felt incredible. ‘I asked him to say hello and he took a deep breath and said hello back.

‘After jumping around for ten minutes I composed myself and thought I’d push my luck and ask him to say dad, and he did. ‘Then mum asked for a mum and he went and said mum.

I have not felt so happy for so long – Ryan is a miracle. ‘It was amazing, he has movement on his right side now too, his right arm, his right leg, his vision is good, his hearing if fine but there is a long way to go. ‘He is showing true grit and determination and is very brave.’ Ryan will now undergo six months of rehabilitation at The Children’s Trust unit in Tadworth, Surrey.

Source: SDE

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