Odessa teen wakes up from four month coma

ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - An update on the young Odessa teen who had gone into a coma back in November, after his mother said a throat infection spread to his brain.

Well the good news, 15-year-old Alfredo Zavala is now awake.

ABC Big 2 sat down with the child's mother, Juanita who said while he is awake, his health still needs to improve everyday.

"It's so sad to see my son like this, as his mom. And to know that he is so far from me," she said.

Alfredo, known to his loved ones as Juju, had been in a coma since Thanksgiving day, when his family said he suffered a stroke when an infection in his throat had been left untreated and spread to his brain.

He was in a coma for nearly four months before waking up towards the end of March.

Now, his mother is grateful to see her son's eyes have now opened but said he may never be the same.

"He's still not totally stable, he's rid of the infection and awake from his coma, thank God, but the doctors haven't given me any signs that he will go back to the way he was," she shrugged.

She mentioned she's been feeling mixed emotions with her sons recovery and that there's still a very long road to full recovery ahead.

"I feel happy, but at the same time sad. And so, it's a lot of sadness for me and pain because I have never seen any of my children like this."

He's getting better but she said it is taking a long time, and she wishes it coul...