A woman recounts her experience of waking up from a 1-year and 9-month coma to discover she had given birth to a baby. She had been in a coma due to a tick bite that caused a virus, leading to brain swelling and edema. While in the coma, she had nightmares about a perverted doctor, who turns out to be her real doctor, Dr. Hernandes. After waking up and recovering, she meets her baby, Carol, and is initially hesitant but eventually warms up to her. The story is a shocking and unexpected turn of events, with the woman trying to come to terms with her new reality and the fact that her ex-boyfriend, Billy, who is the father of the child, has disappeared.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. The narrator, Lisa, went into a coma and woke up 1 year and 9 months later.
2. Lisa's mother left her father when Lisa was very little.
3. Lisa's mother tried to compensate by buying her many things and letting her do whatever she wanted.
4. Lisa was a spoiled child.
5. Lisa's mother started imposing limits on her when she turned 16.
6. Lisa got furious and rebelled against her mother.
7. Lisa had a boyfriend named Billy who was in his last year of high school.
8. Billy was very attractive and many girls wanted him.
9. Lisa found a wart on her thigh and went to the doctor.
10. The doctor told Lisa that the wart could be a tick bite.
11. Lisa went into the forest and may have gotten bitten by a tick.
12. Lisa got a fever and a lot of pain and eventually passed out.
13. Lisa was taken to the hospital and put into a coma.
14. Lisa had edema, which caused her brain to swell and not receive enough oxygen.
15. Lisa was in a coma for 1 year and 9 months.
16. Lisa had a baby while she was in a coma.
17. The baby was born at 33 weeks and stayed in an incubator.
18. Lisa did not want to see the baby at first.
19. The baby's father was Billy.
20. Lisa eventually saw the baby and cried for the first time since waking up from her coma.
21. Lisa's mother convinced her to stay with the baby and take care of her.
22. The baby's name is Carol.