For 15 months since she sustained a severe traumatic brain injury while driving a car in September 2007, Alicia Fallon remained in coma, oblivious to the world around her.

Doctors told Donna Fallon her daughter would remain in a vegetative state for the rest of her life. “They told me that I should put her in a nursing home. How could I do that? I lived with her in the hospital for 10 months. I kept hoping and praying,” she said.

Over the last three months, Alicia has defied her original prognosis, giving her mother, as well as the rest of her family and friends, reasons to believe a miracle might be down the road. She cannot talk or walk, but the former Coral Springs High School student can use head movements to respond to questions.

On May 3, the Fabulons will lend Donna a helping hand in her quest to raise money for Alicia’s treatment and therapies. The fundraiser, to benefit the Alicia Fallon T.B.I. (Traumatic Brain Injury) Fund, will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Coral Springs High School auditorium.

“I take her for eye therapy two times a week,” Donna said. “She also has speech occupational therapy and physical therapy three days a week. She needs hyperbaric oxygen therapy now. It helps blood flow through the brain. It’s expensive. She will need 40 sessions."

Tickets are $10 per person and will be on sale at the Coral Springs High School auditorium’s box office. Tickets can also be purchased at Laspada’s Original Hoagies, 7893 W. Sample Road. Contributions can be made to the Alicia Fallon T.B.I. Fund by visiting www.aliciafallontbifund.com or at any Bank of America location. Contact Donna Fallon at 954-205-9981.