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Locked-In Syndrome - Merck Medical Library
 Locked-In Syndrome - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Locked-In Syndrome:  Advances in Communication Spur Rehabilitation
bullet Promising Treatments

Viagra Used In Stroke Recovery Study
Recovery in a patient with locked-in syndrome.
Unlocking Locked-In Syndrome

bullet Other people's experience with Locked-In Syndrome

Hero Joy Nightingale
Katie Smith
Nick Chisholm
Manuel Longo
Joe & Jackie
bullet Media Coverage

ABC News: Trapped in Your Own Body
bullet Related Literature

The Gift That Stroke Gave
The Diving Bell and The Butterfly

Pons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of the structures located in the lower brainstem just above the spinal cord. It consists of a thick bundle of nerve fibers that links the medulla oblongata to the midbrain. The pons serves as a major pathway for motor and sensory information between the body and higher level brain functioning.

 

 

"Self Doodle"

This website is dedicated to Sara Baker and her recovery. 

Sara was critically injured in a car accident on October 24th, 2007.  Hours later she suffered a debilitating stroke that normally kills 95% of victims. After being airlifted to UC-Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, surgeons were able to remove the clot responsible for the stroke, but not reverse the damage already caused.  She was diagnosed the following day as having Locked-In Syndrome. 

Locked-In Syndrome is a rare neurological state where a person is fully conscious and aware of their surroundings, with all memories and cognition intact, but without the ability to control all voluntary muscles except those for the eyes. Sara is only able to communicate via those eye movements. 

This is her journey.

 

 
 
             
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