Mom who cared for comatose daughter for 38 years dies

She never broke her promise.
Kaye O'Bara, who pledged to never leave her then-teenage daughter's side as the girl slipped into a diabetic coma 38 years ago, died at her Miami Gardens home this week -- in the same room she shared with her child, Edwarda, since 1970.
O'Bara, 80, died in her sleep. She had suffered for years from a cardiac illness that dated back to a heart attack in the early 1980s, said her niece Pamela Burdgick.
''We thought she'd outlive us all. The woman was so strong,'' Burdgick said.
The story of O'Bara's steadfast devotion to her child, and her belief that Edwarda's life was not a burden but a blessing...