Norwalk woman dies, spent 9 years in coma, April 2012

NORWALK — After spending almost nine years in a coma, a Norwalk woman who suffered severe brain damage while being anesthetized for a Caesarean section passed away early Thursday morning.

Mia House, 43, slipped into a coma on July 8, 2003, at Norwalk Hospital while giving birth to her daughter, Kayleb House, who survived the birth despite being deprived of oxygen. She is now a healthy 8-year-old girl.

Mia House died at about 4 a.m. Thursday in a long-term care facility in Bristol, family members confirmed.

The cause of her death is unknown. Family