Tragedy and Hope: Woman who fell into SEVEN-YEAR coma after developing deadly sepsis during childbirth finally wakes up… to meet her daughter for the first time

Tragedy and Hope – Woman who fell into the SEVEN-YEAR coma after developing deadly sepsis during childbirth finally wakes up… to meet her daughter for the first time

• Danijela Kovacevic, from Serbia, gave birth to a baby girl, Marija, in 2009 
• She fell into a vegetative state after developing deadly blood poisoning, sepsis
• Currently, in a German rehabilitation clinic,  she has begun communicating 
• Now, her family members are trying to raise an extra £43,000 to continue care 

By Peter Lloyd for DailyMail

PUBLISHED: 09:54 GMT, 10 March 2017 | UPDATED: 01:01 GMT, 11 March 2017

A woman who went into a coma following a traumatic labor seven years ago has astounded doctors by waking up.

Danijela Kovacevic, from Serbia, gave birth to a baby girl, Marija, in 2009 but lapsed into unconsciousness after developing deadly blood poisoning, sepsis.

The 25-year-old, from Indjija in the northern part of the country, remained in a vegetative state for years becoming one of the country's longest-surviving coma patients but has stunned medics by waking up – and meeting her daughter for the first time.

The young girl is now seven years old and, in one particularly heart-warming image, is seen cuddling her mother who appears to gaze back in wonder.

It comes after the youngster kept an almost-constant vigil by her parent's bedside.

‘After school, Marija is close to her mama every day,’ a family friend says. ‘She comforts her, makes her laugh and does not give up the hope that she will touch her and embrace her.’

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Now, doctors in a German rehabilitation clinic, based in Pforzheim, say she has advanced to the point where she can hold a tablet and pen in her hand, as well as sit up and follow conversations.

The progress is a result of extensive physical and speech therapy that stimulates brain cell function.

Serbia's Republic Health Insurance Fund approved a three-month stay in the facility but rejected further requests because ‘there is no adequate code of the disease’.

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As a result, her family is trying to inspire donations from well-wishers who can alleviate the financial burden.

Specifically, the family claim they need a further 50,000 Euros (£43,000) for the treatment to continue.

‘These are minor recoveries, but Danijela is much better than before,’ her father, Djordje Kovacevic, said. ‘She has put on weight, she is more aware and more alive. She reacts, smiles and gets angry. 

Touching video of a young woman who woke from a SEVEN year coma

 

 

‘The recovery of three months [which she has undergone so far] is really short,’ her father added. A man who breaks an arm needs more than three months of recovery, imagine how much time my daughter needs.’

‘That is because you are [essentially] teaching a kid to do certain things. She had very hard training. She walked 800 meters and that is a big achievement.’

Relatives have recently started a collection for Danijela’s treatment, but they fear it will not be enough.

Mr. Kovacevic added: ‘They organized a competition in taekwondo and all the money they gathered was for Danijela’s recovery.

‘They gave us 10,000 Euros (£8,700), but we need 50,000 more.’

” After school, Marija is close to mama every day. She comforts her, makes her laugh and does not give up the hope that she will touch and embrace her ” 

Meanwhile, Danijela's paternal grandmother, Mary Vesna, told that one of the biggest financial costs is, perhaps surprisingly, diapers.

‘We manage as best we can. She needs her diaper changed every three hours, each day, plus food and medicine.

‘The money people donate can help us gather ourselves and focus on her care’.

A woman has physical therapy after waking up from the SEVEN-year coma