When a man who had been in a coma for six months awoke, he was told some sad news, which he described as the "toughest thing" he had to deal with. When John Pennington eventually awoke after being in a coma for several months due to a severe brain injury, he assumed he had to get up to go to work.
Man Who Was In A Coma Given Heartbreaking Information When He Woke Up After Six Months
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Haider Ali in
Heartbreaking
On 7th May 2022
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Pennington had been in a coma for six months, and doctors thought he'd 'end up a vegetable.'
Pennington has now held a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) through the magazine, detailing his ordeal in greater detail.
In his introduction, he explained: “One day in 2015 I woke up thinking it was time to go to work, but for some reason, found myself strapped to a bed in the hospital. When I met eyes with the attending nurse and asked if I could use the bathroom, she teared up and ran out of the room - only to come back a few minutes later to apologize and explained that for the past six months I had been in a coma due to a very severe traumatic brain injury.”
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“The neurologist said if I did eventually wake up, I wouldn’t be able to do much of anything.”
But, as if the coma wasn't bad enough, Pennington was then given the news that was much more shocking.
"My father committing suicide was the biggest shock," he remarked when questioned about the "biggest surprises" he discovered after waking up.
“Everything else I carried the attitude that I'll deal with it. Losing my father was the toughest thing. Not the car, not my place, not my computer, but My Pops.”
He added: “I still celebrate his birthday and buy him a cake. My fat a** eats it, but I even serve his slice on his plate. My slice on mine.”
Pennington claimed that, in addition to him being in a coma, the family had been dealing with 'other challenges,' including his sister's drug addiction at the time and their father's attempts to help her pay rent.
"Thinking about everything he was going through, and being an old man at that time, I can see how the strongest man I ever knew took his own life," he wrote.
"He was the only man that could."
Pennington's sister also commented on the thread to say she is now 'sober for 6 years,’ adding: "One of the hardest things I've ever had to do was tell you that our dad died and how he died."