<p>Without warning, the author experienced a ruptured brain aneurysm, judged to be a grade-four bleed. He spent seven weeks in a neurology intensive care unit, in and out of comas. This is his personal reflection of those experiences and his gradual journey back from them. His recollections are constructed with the help of his family members, who were more aware of what he was going through than he was at the time.</p>