A Chinese woman who regained
consciousness after suffering from a stroke found that she had lost her native
Chinese and could only speak English— which she hadn’t used in over 30 years,
Central European News reported.
Liu Jieyu, 94, stayed in the hospital
in a coma-like state two weeks ago. Doctors diagnosed her with a cerebral
infraction, a type of stroke where blood supply is limited rather than cut off
by a blockage.
Doctors said her survival wasn’t
guaranteed, so they were surprised when the woman uttered in English: “Where am
I? What is happening?”
Jieyu’s family said she had not
spoken the language since she had been an English teacher nearly three decades
ago. She has spoken only Chinese since her retirement to southern China’s Hunan
province, where she lives with her family.
The treating doctors said they could
not ever remember having a case like this before, but they anticipate [that]
with proper rehabilitation and rest, she should regain the ability to speak
Chinese. They assume that the area dealing with her ability to speak Chinese
has been damaged, but brain cells have an ability to repair themselves to a
certain extent.
Source: Fox News - February 3, 2015
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