Lots of times concerned, worried or depressed family members do report inaccurately that patients seem to hear their voices or see them. I don't put that down. There really is a step-wise process in patients who leave coma. It invariably is first noticeable to family members, then nurses, then the doctor. So when we don't have object evidence that we can measure, I never put a family member's observations down.
Some people live on that hope from day to day.
Doctors told her it was diabetes caused by age. But the weight loss continued, and after six weeks another physical revealed pancreatic cancer. I sat here one Sunday and told my nephew I would do myself in before I'd go to a rest home. I don't want to go to Hell. It might be worse than it is here.