Woman Regains Voice After Nearly 3 Years

November 9, 2006

(AP) -- A woman thought to have Lou Gehrig's Disease has resumed talking after a silence of nearly three years - the second such surprise recovery at a south-central Kansas facility. Nurse Georgi Hollins was tending to De Glaze on Halloween when her longtime patient surprised her.

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