When my grandma had a stroke, she wasn't able to do anything at all, no reactions to outside stimuli though brain was showing up alive in scans. As the family g

When my grandma had a stroke, she wasn't able to do anything at all, no reactions to outside stimuli though brain was showing up alive in scans. As the family gathered around her, weeping and trying to say goodbye, I had an idea to give her a rosary to her hand so that she feels something familiar. To everyone's surprise, her hand started moving over beads in regular intervals as required by the prayer, and my wide family understood she's conscious but simply can't respond to anyone, which brought a bit of a relief and hope to this situation. She managed to be with us for another two months before her state deteriorated further. With the knowledge I have now I could have probably helped her to recover further, but at that time I could only do that for her.