Near-drowning condition now named after San Antonio survivor

SAN ANTONIO – Conrad Tullis was 17 months old when he fell into a pool and nearly drowned, suffering the sort of brain injury that changed him and his family forever. While emergency medical personnel did everything according to the book, the book is now changing, and so is the name of the condition he was diagnosed with. Instead of blithely calling it a vegetative state, it will be called Conrad’s Syndrome, where a child may still be aware, feeling emotion, and reacting to his surroundings but is locked in a body that cannot function or develop normally.

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