Amelia Bannan's family hailed it as a 'miracle' as she woke from a five-month coma after suffering a skull fracture and a blood clot in her brain
A POLICE officer who gave birth while in a coma after a car crash has held her three-month-old baby son for the first time.
Amelia Bannan's family hailed it as a "miracle" as she woke from a five-month coma after suffering a skull fracture and a blood clot in her brain.
The officer was less than six months pregnant when she was badly hurt in a crash in Argentina on November 1.
The father of her child, also a police officer, was driving the patrol car but was not seriously injured.
As she lay in intensive care, baby Santino was delivered on Christmas Eve at 34 weeks gestation weighing 4 lbs 2 oz.
Her sister Norma cared for Santino and brought the child to her every evening at the hospital in Posadas as relatives refused to give up hope.
Brother Cesar described the unforgettable day Amelia suddenly came to in the week before Easter.
He told local TV station NTN24: “That day we heard there in the silence, while we were giving Santino the bottle, we heard a low voice, we heard ‘yes, yes’.
“To corroborate if she was listening to me, I told her, ‘Amelia, if you understand me, stick out your tongue’. And she stuck out her tongue.
“It was a total revolution. Norma lay on Amelia’s body, embraced her, and wept tears of joy. It revolutionised our hearts.”
When the baby was brought to her she at first thought it was her nephew until her family explained it was her own child, he said.
Cesar, who is also a cop, added: "The doctors said that Amelia has defied all scientific logic, that her case is truly a miracle."
Amelia is improving quickly, according to the doctor supervising her rehabilitation, Roberto Gisin.
He told El Pais newspaper: “At first she only said ‘yes’ and ‘no’, now she is managing to answer questions and understand commands.”
The doctor said Amelia can already turn round by herself and move all four limbs and he believes that if there are no setbacks she will be walking in a few months.
Neurosurgeon Marcelo Ferreira added: “She keeps surprising us. We hope that at some point, we will be able to see her walking holding her son’s hand.”
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