Know the Californian boy who died after spending 31 years in coma

New Delhi: California boy Mikey Cortez was seven years old when he met with a road accident and went to coma from which he never woke up.Soon after the accident, Mikey's father Paul Cortez walked into the pediatric intensive care unit of Riverside County Regional Medical Center to find his 7-year-old son, Mikey, barely clinging to life.Since then Mikey would have never been able to shower or dress or feed himself during the years he was rapidly growing from little boy to teenager and, finally, into a strapping, 150-pound man.The accident took place when a drunken driver smashed into the car carrying Mikey and relatives, sending four of them, including his mother, brother and sister, to other hospitals. Four other relatives, including Mikey's oldest brother, were dead.Mikey suffered serious brain damage. He was left in a persistent vegetative state, a condition that's like a coma but lasts much longer. Although Mikey would never fully emerge from that state, his father was determined to give him as full a life as possible.Cortez family cared a lot for Mikey for 31 long years as the family loved him a lot and they have been missing the actions of naughty Mikey since the day of the tragedy.Mikey bid goodbye to this world earlier this month just one day before his 39th birthday.Mikey's family never left him alone the whole family has always stood by him and he has always been a source of happiness,inspiration and motivation to his family.Mikey's mother told a newspaper that he had always been the most gregarious and mischievous member of the family. He was a veritable whirlwind of energy and practical jokes.