'Married An Angel': Wife's Unconditional Care Helps Chinese Man Wake Up From Decade-long Coma

A Chinese man, who slipped into a vegetative state following a heart attack 10 years ago, has woke up from a coma, all thanks to her wife’s unselfish love and care for her spouse.

Sun Hongxia from China’s Anhui province refused to give up on her husband, who went into a semi-conscious state following a heart attack back in 2014, according to a report in South China Morning Post. She always believed that her husband would recover back from this coma. According to Dawan News, after a decade-long wait, Hongxia’s husband successfully emerged from this trauma. All thanks to the love, care, and most importantly the patience of his wife that helped him recover.

A video of the couple showing tearful Hongxia sitting next to her husband, who is awake in the hospital bed after a decade, and telling him about the past few years.

“Although I am very tired, I feel that everything will make sense once the family is reunited,” Hongxia told Dawan News.

Hongxia recalled the heartache and shock she went through when her husband suffered a heart attack and went into a vegetative state for 10 years. She stated that the thought of her two kids gave her strength and hope to not give up. She said that she always “wanted to set a good example” for her kids.

The ten-year-long semi-unconsciousness journey wasn’t without its own challenges, with the patient needing a urinary catheter and a tracheotomy to breathe.

Hongxia’s father-in-law, 84, expressed his heartfelt gratitude for the sacrifices she made for her son. “She is my daughter-in-law, but she is better than a daughter. No one can compare with her,” he said.

Soon after the video was shared, it went viral and social media was touched by the woman’s unselfish service and love towards her husband. A user wrote, “He married an angel.” Another added, “That is what true love is.” One of the users wrote, “It’s great love.”

Similarly, in 2019, Li Zhihua Xiangyang in Hubei Province, China, woke up after being in semi-unconscious condition for five years. He went into a coma after he suffered a major brain injury in a road accident in 2013.