Wednesday, January 5, 2000

Albuquerque,N.M.
  For 16 years, Patricia White Bull was unresponsive to the world. On Christmas Eve, she suddenly snapped back to conciousness. Doctors cannot explain why White Bull, 42 years of age, awakened from the catatonic state she slipped into while delivering her fourth child.
  Her mother, Snowflake Flower, said it was a Christmas present from God. Since then, White Bull has been speaking her children's names, catching up with family developments, and spending a lot of time just watching her children and smiling.