Comatose man wakes up to give daughter away

Comatose man wakes up to give daughter away

A man from Handforth, near Wilmslow, Cheshire, woke from a coma after his life support was switched off - and ten days later gave his daughter away at her wedding.

Brian Paolo, who has emphysema, began to breathe on his own after the machine was switched off, according to The Sun.

His daughter Anne-Marie said: "The doctors had prepared us for the worst and it looked like they were right. But dad fought back.

"I couldn't believe it when he started to recover and we realised he would be there for the wedding. The doctors and nurses said they had never seen anything like it - they were astounded.

"They had told us there was no way he would be coming to our wedding and we had watched them take the tubes out of his neck. I've never seen anyone look so grey."

Brian added: "I didn't think I would make it... the doctors had given up on me. I've no immune system and my lungs are badly damaged. It was touch and go whether I would make it. But I pulled through with a bit of determination."

Anne-Marie said she collected her dad on the wedding day - just three hours after he was discharged.

She said: "My dad was supposed to get me in the car but in the end I had to collect him. I was crying when I saw him - but we had the happiest day ever."