‘I was still in there’: A 32-year-old learns what it’s like to be trapped inside her own body

Not asleep but not yet awake, Brisa Alfaro could hear her doctors' prognosis: She might never walk or talk again, and she may never eat or breathe on her own. Maybe — just maybe — she would show involuntary movement, she heard them say. She couldn't respond. She started to panic. At the age of 32, Alfaro had experienced a brain-stem stroke, causing a […]

Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - May 2, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lindsey Bever Tags: brain & mental health Source Type: news