Indexadaptability, human, 95
afterlife, 152–53
airplanes, author’s love of, 1–2, 61 , 159
Alexander, Betsy (sister), 100
and author’s birth family, 59
and author’s return, 108 , 113 , 120–21
birth of, 53
at the hospital, 42 , 89 , 91 , 94 , 97 , 120–21
and onset of coma, 26
Alexander, Betty (mother), 50 , 94 , 99 , 105 , 108 , 113
Alexander, Bond (son), 34 , 105
birth of, 12
E. coli drawing by, 75 , 98–99, 115
and father’s illness, 14–15, 74 , 75 , 92 , 98–100
and father’s return, 110 , 111–12, 115
Alexander, Eben Jr. (father), 50–52, 163
Alexander, Eben III:
adoption of, 52–58, 64–65, 163–64, 170–71
and alcohol use, 56–57
biological family of, 55–56, 58 , 59–67, 95 , 144 , 165 , 168–69; see
also under Webster
birth of, 62
in coma, see coma
and depression, 57–58
fantasies and delusions of, 115–19, 185–86
as living proof, 135 , 171
medical training of, 7–8, 12 , 50 , 65 , 130
as N of 1 (unique case), 89–92
and paranoia, 117–18, 120
recovery of, 120–23, 124
and religion, 34 , 147–48