"I didn't fall on my head," says Antonia von Reden confidently. But that's not literally true, because that's exactly what happened on that fateful night of partying in September 2009: she fell, hit her head on a step and fell unconscious. A friend reacted immediately and administered first aid. "With a brain injury, every second counts," says the now 41-year-old. The emergency doctor took the seriously injured woman to a neurosurgery department in a nearby hospital.
Antonia von Reden was operated on immediately. Several operations were necessary to stop bleeding and relieve intracranial pressure. She was in a coma for over three months. "My body was put into energy-saving mode so that I could concentrate fully on healing," explains the Lipp native. "I was a total loss." When she woke up from her coma, she had to relearn everything: eating, speaking, walking. She was treated in clinics in Nordhausen and Hamburg for a total of eight months. Her family and friends were a great support.