Robin Gibb’s Own Music Woke Him From Coma
Doctors often tell family members and friends to talk to coma patients in an attempt to stir them from their lifeless state, in the case of Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb that music came from his own groups music catalog.
ITV had the chance to speak with the Gibb family and according to family members it was Robin’s own piece titled “The Titanic Requiem” that was playing as Robin woke from his illness induced coma that last more than a weeks time. According to Robin’s son Robin-John:
“Two days before that, they said they’d thrown the kitchen sink at him, that it was time to make plans because he was in God’s hands and such but he beats the odds again.”
When asked about the singers coma recovery doctors told CNN they were “confounded” and credited his “iron will” with aiding in his recovery. After exiting his coma his physician said Robin was “fully conscious, lucid, and able to speak to his loved ones.”
While Robin is out of his coma his wife Dwina says he’s “exhausted” and “malnourished” but otherwise “fantastic. ” Dwina says Robin is “laughing, he is joking, he is really happy.”
So what’s next on Robin Gibb’s list? His wife says he wants ice cream and has even pulled out his feeding tube several times in front of nurses to request it.
From near death to ice cream requests is quite the miracle, as his son explains to Reuters:
“Two days before that they said they’d thrown the kitchen sink at him, that it was time to make plans because he was in God’s hands and such but he beats the odds again and they gave him an under 10 percent survival chance … he really is something else.”
Are you surprised by the quick turnaround Robin Gibb has managed to muster up?
Tags : bee gees, Dwina Gibb, Robin Gibb, Robin-John Gibb
Posted: April 24, 2012
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Apr 24, 2012
This makes us all happy when someone can prove the doctors wrong, in the sense that they know medicine, but not the power of the 'human spirit'! Rock on Robin!
Apr 24, 2012
well his higher power just wasn't ready for him yet, he still have songs to write!
Apr 24, 2012
Sickness is only in are minds…God made us perfect..and God don't lie.. Yes we are a spirit..Hallelujah! And the One who lives inside him makes those calls..
Apr 24, 2012
Rock on Robin! You have a strong power looking out for you! Just like my husband. Bill, who was told that he has less then a year TO LIVE AUG.16,2010, BUT IS STILL WITH US, THANKS TO OUR LORD JESUS! Keep singing & make us smile!
Apr 24, 2012
I really hate to say this, but as a hospice nurse, I've seen time and time again, patients come out of a come state and be extremely lucid for a few days perhaps, right before they pass. Cherish the time you have.
Apr 24, 2012
This is such FANTASTIC news about Robin Gibbs~~~With his loving family around him and singing songs he wrote with his band mates:)Ever so gently pulling him out of his coma and back to keep fighting the good fight.Never give up(-:)
Apr 24, 2012
I love this post. Good on you that Bill is still alive. My grandpa was told that he had six months to live. TWELVE YEARS LATER, a week after his wife died, he passed. Yes, people do sometimes outlive the doctors assessments.
Apr 24, 2012
god blas you robin rock on babby just touk to the lord robin he nos u.
we love you.
Apr 25, 2012
I know we talked to noel those last days. I believe he heard every word we said. Im thankful for those minutes to be able to tell him how great he was.
Apr 25, 2012
Tell them to take out the feeding tube. I think that is what kills the elderly.
I'm still praying for him. I can't get that song: I started a joke, out of my head.
<3
Apr 25, 2012
Poor guy looks so weak… I hope he makes a full recovery!
Apr 25, 2012
I ask an MD today whether people in a coma can hear… he said no… that isn't a coma if they say they heard people. That is a vegetative state where they are lucid, but just cant move.
Apr 26, 2012
I'm thrilled, a swift recovery Robin! so happy for you and your family.