2009.07.30
Local woman to be featured in magazine
Nearly a year after Christiansburg resident Brandy Sachs underwent a ketamine-induced coma to combat a neurological disease, a national magazine will feature part of her story.
People magazine plans to publish at least a paragraph devoted to Sachs in its issue that hits newsstands Friday, the family said. A reporter from the publication spent a couple of days with her recently.
Sachs, 23, suffers from Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy syndrome, which causes intense pain.
In October, Sachs spent five days in a coma that doctors hoped would essentially reboot her nervous system and help to make her pain free.
Sachs now undergoes regular physical therapy and booster injections of the drug, but is relatively pain-free.
— Anna L. Mallory
