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General Major 
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TITLE |
Forever Love (1998) (TV Film) |
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DISABILITY |
General
Stroke Coma |
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NOTES |
Once again I
fail to be moved :-). The story here is of |
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staggering
significance to the people involved but I don't think |
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After a few
flashbacks to establish that this is a happily |
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married
couple, the wife has
had a stroke and has had to go into a nursing home. Her
husband wants her home. So she comes home and gets
around the clock medical care. And the reality is that for 20 years
this woman is in a coma. Then suddenly she wakes up,
and we're told her brain has healed itself. |
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The story is
almost beyond belief and raises all kinds of |
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ethical
issues which touch on contemporary issues where |
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parents,
partners are going to court to have life support |
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At first she
is in a wheelchair and she has to learn and adjust |
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to a lot of
things like having a grown-up daughter who is going to get
married. From this point we see her doing everyday things, like
making coffee, going to the gym and finally getting ready for
the wedding. Unfortunately this becomes tedious because her
having to adjust to everyday activities doesn't give us any
insight into her feelings. |
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We don't
know how the family afforded all the care she got |
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except her
husband is a lawyer. |
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The one
event in her life which is quite miraculous is |
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insufficient
for this treatment, or is insufficiently recorded. |
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