‘I Was Aware of Everything’ – The Man Who Woke Up After 12 Years in a Vegetative State

My mind was trapped inside a useless body, my arms and legs weren’t mine to control, and my voice was mute. I couldn’t make a sign or a sound to let anyone know I’d become aware again. I was invisible – the ghost boy.” -Martin Pistorious Martin Pistorious had a normal childhood growing up in South Africa in the late 70’s. His parents, Joan and Rodney Pistorius, explained how Martin insisted that he would one day be an “electric man,” infatuated by any type of electronic equipment he could get his hands on. But everything would change for the worse when Martin was … Continue reading ‘I Was Aware of Everything’ – The Man Who Woke Up After 12 Years in a Vegetative State