man spends 12 years as vegetable watching barney LOL (srs)

[PapaPrime]

In the 1980’s, 12-year-old Martin Pistorious became seriously ill with what doctor’s believed was Cryptococci Meningitis. His health started deteriorating and Martin lost his ability to move, make eye contact and even speak to others. His doctors told his parents, Rodney and Joan Pistorious, to bring him home and let him die. They told them he was as good as a vegetable.

However, he didn’t die.

Joan said, “Martin just kept going, just kept going.”

According to NPR news, his father would get up at 5 o’clock in the morning, get him dressed, load him in the car, take him to the special care center where he’d leave him. Rodney said, “Eight hours later, I’d pick him up, bathe him, feed him, put him in bed, set my alarm for two hours so that I’d wake up to turn him so that he didn’t get bedsores.”

For twelve years, Martin’s family cared for him without any sign that he was improving. Joan started to despair and even told her son, “I hope you die.

Unfortunately, Martin was even aware of his mother’s harsh words and began believing that no one would ever love him. He said, “You don’t really think about anything. You simply exist. It’s a very dark place to find yourself because, in a sense, you are allowing yourself to vanish.”



Martin spent most of those days at a care center where his caregivers played Barney reruns over and over again. They did this because they believed he was a vegetable too. He said, “I cannot even express to you how much I hated Barney.”





imagine that

[TheUniBrah]

mirin dedication

[Oburoni]

Where is the rest of the story?? so he recovered?

[Vhagar]

Cool link and source bro

[NBisMe]

Where is the rest of the story?? so he recovered?

he can't talk, has to use a keyboard/computer thing

[stronglogic]

So he just woke up one day or what??

[Phrankoff]

did he died?

[icomesb4u]

lmao poor guy

[DrTynanol]

he can't talk, has to use a keyboard/computer thing

it took them 12 years to get him a keyboard?

[WAviking24]

Is there even an ending to the story or wut

[WellHungOver]

Damn! I bet he was just praying that he could eventually tell someone to change the channel.

[Owz600]

Where's the rest of the story wth..

[NBisMe]

it took them 12 years to get him a keyboard?

I'm pretty sure he couldn't even move when he was in veggie tales

[Magnumtripod]

So he had to use a keyboard to talk? How the fuk did anyone think to finally try that? Did he show signs of improvement or what?

[LASound]

Must be what Hell is like.

Sounds terrible to not be able to move, have your mom want you to die, and be forced to watch Barney reruns for twelve years straight all day, every day.

At least he had his dad

[Highwind7]

it took them 12 years to get him a keyboard?

lost it

[atceric]

Thats messed up!

[lsiberian]

I realize he came back, but that's crazy.

[ho_124]

Imagine that. Spending 12 years unable to move or communicate, meanwhile they just leave you in a wheelchair to watch Barney for 8 hours a day. Would rather die, 100% serious.

[philpeter123]

Damn! I bet he was just praying that he could eventually tell someone to change the channel.

idk why but this made me lol

[jasowhit]

Mother of the year award.

[CementPizza]

They could have at least put cool stuff on the tv.

[Seatard]

Unbelievable.

Literally, I don't believe this story.

Smells like a bunch of BS made up to sucker people into buying a book.

Oh wait, he is selling a book.

[Tone92z]

Where's the rest of the story wth..

He didn't finish the story as he was still watching barney.

[KokuDES]

Hmmm, his story is expanded further in a memoir he wrote.

I'm very tempted to actually purchase this book.

[PapaPrime]

if you dont like reading you can always wait for the film to come out

[ejWU21]

mirin the dads dedication

[KILLdante]

he's fuking married

i can't even get a gf

[gpg_prodigy]

i hope u die lol

[homebrew01]

Where is the rest of the story?? so he recovered?

Invisibilia radio show on NPR.

They had another cool episode about a blind guy who taught himself to use echo-location to get around.