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Sharista Giles, 20, was four-months pregnant when she was
involved in a car crash near Nashville on Dec. 6, according to
information on a Facebook page managed by her relatives.
Doctors told her family she had only a 10 percent chance of
coming out of the coma, it said. In late January, she gave birth
to a one-pound, 14-ounce baby boy who the family calls Baby L.
On Wednesday, Sharista opened her eyes for the first time since
the accident, acknowledged her father, and saw a photo of her
son, who has been steadily gaining weight and now weighs more
than six pounds, the Facebook page said.
"Sharista has her eyes open n blinking n squeezing our fingers
when we ask her to. Praise the Lord! She was following her
daddy's voice n we showed her a picture of Baby L n she seen
him!!!" the post reads.
Beverly Giles, Sharista's aunt, told ABC News the family had
remained positive even though doctors had a grim prognosis for
her recovery.
"They already gave up hope. We never gave up. She's fought this
hard," she said.
Giles has been recuperating at Harriman Care and Rehab Center in
Harriman, Tennessee, since earlier this year, according to
social media postings. The hospital did not immediately respond
to a request for comment about Giles' condition on Friday.
Giles' mother told ABC affiliate WATE her daughter suffered head
trauma in the car crash, which occurred when a friend dozed off
behind the wheel, slamming into a concrete barrier.
(Reporting by Victoria Cavaliere in Seattle; Editing by Daniel
Wallis and Will Dunham)
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