Just days after doctors warned she might never wake up, a San Antonio nurse — medically evacuated home from overseas during her honeymoon — has gently squeezed her mother’s hand.
Her family has shared new photos and updates, and for the first time since this began, there are real, emotional signs of progress.
“Over the past few days, Sarah has shown signs of improvement… she has begun taking a few weak breaths on her own.”
Sarah, a young nurse, suddenly went into acute liver failure while on her honeymoon in Japan. She had to be transported across the world back to the U.S. for treatment, where she has remained in the ICU as her family waited and hoped for any sign.
Today, they finally got one.
“She gently squeezed her mom’s hand… and faintly nodded when asked if she could hear.”
Those small moments brought her family to tears — tears of joy and relief after days of fear and uncertainty.
Because just days ago, everything looked very different.
After returning to the U.S., an MRI revealed that Sarah had suffered a stroke, with what doctors believed to be severe damage to both sides of her brain. Her parents and her husband, Luke, were told she might never wake up or regain normal function.
Now, things are slowly moving in a more hopeful direction.
Sarah is a labor and delivery nurse at Methodist Stone Oak in San Antonio. She had just gotten married and traveled to Tokyo with her husband to begin their life together — a journey that suddenly turned into a fight for her life.
She remains in critical condition.
She is still on a breathing machine.
But she is no longer unresponsive.
And that changes everything.
Her family says your prayers have meant so much to them.
Please don’t stop.
Pray that she continues to wake up. Pray that her brain keeps healing. Pray that the moments they experienced today become something lasting.
Because right now, hope is no longer just something they are holding onto —
they are beginning to see it.
