Widow in Coma for 5 Weeks Opens Eyes after Hearing Late Husband’s Voice: ‘No Room Upstairs for You’

A woman was left on the brink of death after she suffered a horrific accident. Her condition was so critical that, at one point, the doctors told her family her chances of survival were quite slim. While in intensive care, she had an unusual experience that gave her the strength to keep fighting.

You might have heard the idiomatic phrase, “Till death do us part,” uttered by couples during their wedding vows. However, some connections are so rare and beautiful that they continue to stay strong even when one of the lovers passes on to their heavenly abode.

The same was true for one couple whose hearts remained connected, so much so that their love transcended all spatial and temporal boundaries. Here’s the story of one British woman and how a single incident altered her outlook on life!

Carole Attle from Eaglescliffe, County Durham, England, had no idea what lay ahead when she went shopping one summer day in 2022. On July 28, she was in Matalan and had just finished buying a gift for someone when something unexpected and unimaginable came to pass.

Meanwhile, Attle, who was in a medically induced coma and admitted to intensive care, had an unlikely experience—one that changed everything.

Attle was struck by a single-decker bus in Stockton-on-Tees and taken completely off-guard. It wasn’t just a brush but a severe accident in which she suffered terrible injuries.

She was then airlifted to James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough in a highly critical condition. Attle had bruises all over her body, including her nose and eye socket. She also suffered from three broken ribs and even had a brain injury.

Attle’s family noted that the doctors did everything possible to save her life. Given her horrific injuries, she had to stay in the ICU for five weeks and was placed in an induced coma. Meanwhile, her daughter, Rebecca Dowson, stayed beside her, praying for her recovery.

Dowson, 50, recalled working in the library at the same hospital when she received the dismal news of her mother’s accident. Shortly afterward, she hurried to check on her mom, who she said didn’t look good at all.

Per Dowson, her mom’s medical reports and X-rays didn’t seem promising either, and the doctors told her they had done everything they could.

During Attle’s seven weeks in the intensive care unit and another two weeks in the trauma ward, Dowson was told at least four times that her mom had little to no chance of survival.

However, by some strange miracle, Attle beat the odds. Despite her critical injuries and her family being told to prepare for the worst, the Eaglescliffe woman managed to pull through.

Attle remained under the supervision of a care team for an additional nine weeks to aid her recovery, and in October 2022, she received the green light to go home.

Attle, 74, credited her late husband for helping her survive the terrifying ordeal. She recalled that while she was in a medically induced coma and in intensive care, she had an unlikely experience—one that changed everything. She had a vision of her late husband, who had passed away in 2019 at age 74.

The County Durham widow recounted waking up in the ICU one day and finding her loving husband beside her. She said her husband told her, “There’s no room upstairs for you,” and he needed her to fight for her life. Attle expressed that she found the courage to pull through after that.

Medically speaking, Attle had a vision of her dead husband while she was in a coma. According to Ms. Julie, a hospice nurse, people nearing their final abode can usually see visions of their late family members, beloveds, friends, or even pets.

The dream-like scene unfolding before their eyes can be seen only by them and nobody else. And as Julie puts it, while visions seem surreal and can happen in dreams, they also occur in the real world, typically between a month to a few weeks before death.

In Attle’s case, however, her vision helped her bounce back from death, and the incredible experience would likely stay etched in her memory forever. She and her daughter, Dowson, met the paramedics in March 2023, who timely responded to the July 2022 accident.

Attle and her family thanked the medics for their help and showered them with sheer appreciation and praise. And a grateful Ms. Dowson had only one more thing to add: “I’ve still got my mum and that to me is priceless.”