Romance isn’t dead – even in a coma.
A woman has detailed the incredible moment that she knew her boyfriend was waking up from a coma – when he put his hand up her shirt and undid her bra.
Kath Smith, 32, from Canada, has been sharing her boyfriend Ben’s dramatic story on TikTok.
She explained that Ben was in a coma for almost a week after he sustained a traumatic brain injury during a brutal mugging while vacationing in England six years ago.
Most recently, she detailed the risqué way that doctors determined that Ben was coming out of the coma.
When Ben began emerging from his comatose state, Kath said he started to make reactive movements while still unconscious.
‘I would hold his hand, he would squeeze my hand,‘ she explained. ‘[The medical staff said] it needs to be an intentional movement.’
When he started rubbing his hand up and down her back, Kath added that she was sure that was an intentional movement, but doctors still weren’t convinced.
Kath Smith, 32, has detailed the incredible moment that she knew her boyfriend was waking up from a coma – when he put his hand up her shirt and undid her bra (stock image)
‘They were like, “no, that’s still reactive,”‘ she recalled.
However, he then made a move that made it obvious that he was indeed waking up.
‘He then put his hand under my shirt, the man undid by bra in his coma,’ she revealed.
‘I was just there, dumfounded,’ she continued, adding that the nurses were telling her not to move.
‘They bought the doctor in, and the doctor was like, “I’ll claim that as intentional.” That’s how we knew Ben was emerging from his coma.’
Kath said that Ben finds the story embarrassing, and she often jokes it’s his ‘true nature.’
‘[The nurses] were crying after too. What a mixture of emotions,’ she added in a comment.
Viewers loved the sweet story, and were amused at the hilarious way that Kath found out that Ben was waking up following the horrific injury.
Viewers loved the sweet story, and were amused at the hilarious way that Kath found out that Ben was waking up following the horrific injury
‘Ben, a man with a clear vision of his goals,’ one user joked in the comment section.
‘Why does this feel like ultimate Ben vibes. Even in a coma he’s showing his love for you, and affection,’ gushed another.
‘OK but he should NOT be embarrassed, this is iconic,’ agreed someone else.
‘This made me smile so hard. Thank you,’ a different person commented sweetly.
In a previous video, Kath shared the story about Ben’s tragic accident, which resulted in him being hospitalized for over four years and undergoing 66 reconstructive surgeries after he was brutally mugged while vacationing in England.
He sustained a severe traumatic brain injury and at first, doctors said he was unlikely to make it through the night.
Kath rushed from her home in Canada to the UK to be with him, and after a week in a coma, Ben began to wake up.
At first, he was non-verbal and required around the clock care in ICU.
When he was well enough, they bought him back to Canada where he spent the next year trying to regain his speech.
‘He continued to progress, and slowly and surely after three years he began learning how to walk again,’ she shared.
Ben was finally released from hospital in 2023 and has continued out patient therapy.
‘There’s no doubt these years have changed us,’ Kath wrote in a video. ‘In both positive and negative ways but we’re both trying out best to navigate the trauma of it all.’
