https://padlet.com/203690/ik6t4e3jfhy3 By Erica Lutz and Maggie Senft en-us 2018-02-28 19:08:19 UTC 2026-03-04 04:51:07 UTC hello@padlet.com 203690 https://padlet.com/203690/ik6t4e3jfhy3/wish/236616487 On August 6th 1973, the famous singer, Stevie Wonder, was involved in a car accident. Following a performance in Greenville, South Carolina, Wonder was driving North on Interstate 85 in which his cousin, John Wesley Harris, was driving. Harris was distracted and hit a truck in front of them, driven by Charlie Sheperd. Wonder moved forward which caused him to hit his head and go into a coma for 4 days. MS
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EL]]> 2018-03-02 02:44:33 UTC https://padlet.com/203690/ik6t4e3jfhy3/wish/237261772 203690 https://padlet.com/203690/ik6t4e3jfhy3/wish/237261791 Wonder went into a coma for 4 days. People in comas are unable to move, communicate, and open their eyes. It is almost as if they are sleeping. MS
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_44q0lfzZ28/UgEFJk2FZDI/AAAAAAAAJEE/puhJEHe1m_M/s1600/1973Crash-Newspaper.jpg]]> 2018-03-02 02:44:41 UTC https://padlet.com/203690/ik6t4e3jfhy3/wish/237261791 203690 https://padlet.com/203690/ik6t4e3jfhy3/wish/237261810 The injury on Stevie's brain was labeled as a brain contusion, or a bruise of the brain.
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]]> 2018-03-02 02:45:11 UTC https://padlet.com/203690/ik6t4e3jfhy3/wish/237261858 203690 https://padlet.com/203690/ik6t4e3jfhy3/wish/237261885 Following the car crash, Wonder was unconscious which is also a part of being in a coma. Wonder claims that during this state he was in a better spiritual place and was made more aware of factors concerning his life. Wonder experienced all three phases of being in a coma including vegetative state, minimally conscious, and fully conscious. MS
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EL]]> 2018-03-02 02:45:31 UTC https://padlet.com/203690/ik6t4e3jfhy3/wish/237261931 203690 https://padlet.com/203690/ik6t4e3jfhy3/wish/237262034 Wonder temporarily lost his sense of smell and had difficulty talking following his coma. Depending on the amount of damage, it often takes some patients years to recover from comas, but Wonder recovered rather quickly. MS]]> 2018-03-02 02:46:02 UTC https://padlet.com/203690/ik6t4e3jfhy3/wish/237262034