On May 31, 1980, Laura Klehr Barnett , age 23, was planting flowers when she was suddenly seized by debilitating dizziness and later by convulsions.
Over the next three months, she relearned to walk and eat again but could not sp.
One day she started laughing at something her husband did; from this, her improvement began.
Crying and blinking were her only activities for five weeks.
At the hospital, she slipped into a coma, the result of a severe brain stem stroke.
On May 31, 1980, Laura Klehr Barnett , age 23, was planting flowers when she was suddenly seized by debilitating dizziness and later by convulsions