Surprised the article doesn’t mention “Ghost Boy” by Martin Pistorius, a first hand account of a patient who spent years in this state:
http://www.ghostboybook.com/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Pistorius
http://www.ghostboybook.com/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Pistorius
* A man who woke after 6 years in a coma: https://web.archive.org/web/20081203230030/https://cornellsu...
* Haleigh Poutre who woke after months in a coma: https://www.wwlp.com/news/haleigh-poutre-10-years-later/
* Jesse Ramirez who was in a coma and declared "vegetative" but recovered 3 weeks later: https://www.eastvalleytribune.com/local/crash-survivor-s-cas...
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/allinthemind/l...