is it tempting fate to delightedly yell “haha in yr face orthodox medical science”?

Ans = yes, since there’s a lot still to be surmounted and my mum remains fairly ill BUT she regained consciousness unexpectedly on monday night and her appetite shortly after, having proved to my and sistrah becky’s satisfaction at least that it is possible to be in a coma AND in a temper simultaneously!! She spent most of monday, not silent and inert, but growling and snorting and battling to wake up – her doctors were quite surprised when she did, but her childen, i have to say, weren’t…