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Twenty-year-old Sharista Giles was left in a coma after she was injured during a car accident<\/a> in December. At the time of the accident, Giles was five months pregnant.<\/p>\n

Doctors offered her family little hope, and informed them that there was a 90 to 98 percent chance that Giles would never recover. In March, the family made the decision to move Giles to the Harriman Care and Rehabilitation Center.\u00a0 After months in a coma, Giles woke up<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Sharista

Sharista Giles. Photo from the Giles Family Prayers for Sharista Giles & Newborn Baby L Facebook page.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cThe doctors were telling us there was nothing else they could do,\u201d Giles’ mother told ABC\u00a0News<\/a>. \u201cThey already gave up hope. We never gave up hope. She\u2019s fought this hard.\u201d<\/p>\n

In January, doctors delivered Giles\u2019 premature baby boy who weighed less than two pounds. Not wishing to name him until his mother woke up, Giles\u2019 family called him \u201cBaby L.” Although Baby L weighs over six pounds and is doing well, he is in the neonatal intensive care unit at the University of Tennessee Medical Center.<\/p>\n

When Giles woke up from the coma, she was able to blink, squeeze a family member\u2019s hand in response to tickling, and follow a picture of her baby with her eyes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen he [Giles\u2019 father] turned around to put it back on the bulletin board, she turned her neck \u2014 her whole head\u2014 trying to follow and find the picture again,\u201d explained Giles’ mother.<\/p>\n

While Giles still has a long road to recovery, her family remains hopeful. Although she will not be able to see her baby until he is released from the hospital, her family members refuse to give up on her and Baby L. As soon as they are able, family members said they will bring the baby to his mother’s side, where he belongs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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