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Mom of 4 wakes from coma a day before family planned to take her off ventilator

What happened to this COVID-19 survivor from Georgia is nothing short of a miracle. Just when her family had decided to take her off the ventilator, Lisa Martin suddenly woke up after being in an induced coma for over a month.

The odds were stacked against the 49-year-old when she was admitted to the Memorial Satilla Health emergency room in Waycross, Georgia, in September because of COVID-19 complications.

It all went downhill from there. On October 20, she was comatose. The hospital called in her family to say goodbye. But not wanting to give up easily, the Martins decided to give it 11 days before making a final decision about taking her off the ventilator. Read the full article here ▶