The Real Sleeping Beauty
I chose to watch yet another Netflix documentary called The Real Sleeping Beauty while looking for something I could watch with my family and complete my final neuro note on. The documentary was about a young girl right out of high school beginning her college career as a cheerleader. After making the squad, Sarah and a few of her friends went out drinking to celebrate. As they were crossing the street, Sarah was hit by 2 different cars and suffered severe trauma and slipped into a 20 year coma. Doctors told Sarah's parents she would never wake up and she was put into a long term care facility where she was semiconscious but still in a coma. 18 years later Sarah had a break through and began screaming when her parents and friends came to see her. It frightened them that Sarah was trying to communicate with them but couldn't express herself. 2 years later, Sarah spoke. Her mother received a telephone call from the care facility and on the other end she heard the words "Hi, ...