Since TikToker Miracle Watson (@0hthatgirl__miracle) was nine years old, her mom, Lachris Watson, has been in a coma. Miracle recently turned 30, so her mom has been in a coma for 21 years now.
Growing up, her mom was in and out of jail frequently because of what she did for a living. She would usually be in jail for no more than six months. The last time, she went to prison in a facility near the Chukchansi region in California.
“My mom lived a very fast life, so she was very blunt and honest, and she wanted me and my sister to have as many experiences with her as we could as children because she kind of had an idea in her head that she wasn’t going to be around to raise us all our lives,” said Miracle.
She remembers that in the days leading up to her mom’s court date, her mom was very distraught because she knew she was facing time in prison.
Her sentence was about three years. When she came home from court, she explained to Miracle and her sister that she was going to be gone for a long time.
Their stepfather was a surgeon, and he took care of them. They lived a nice, lavish life. Miracle’s aunt moved in to take care of them after their mom went to prison.
As for how Miracle’s mom came to be in a coma, all she knows is that on the day of her youngest aunt’s baby shower, the family received a call from the prison. Something had happened to her mom. She was in the medical unit of the prison.
Her mom has schizophrenia and spent some time in mental institutions when Miracle and her sister were kids. The story was that her mom had tried to take her own life in prison.
But weeks and months before anything happened, her mom had called and sent letters to her dad and other family members about how the correctional officers were messing with her.
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She claimed that they were trying to make her take medications she wasn’t supposed to be on, and she just didn’t feel safe. When her family went to visit her in prison, she was handcuffed to a bed in the psych ward and had bruises all over her. The situation seemed fishy.
Miracle was told that a death certificate had been written out for her mom, but it was dated before the incident occurred. One of the nurses in the prison urged Miracle’s family members to investigate the situation. However, no one did anything to help.
To Miracle, the whole story does not add up. The prison also closed in 2025, and Miracle can’t find any records of her mom being there.
“Since my mom has been in a coma for the past 21 years, my family has not paid, not one hospital bill,” said Miracle.
“She is getting 24 hours of care, seven days a week for the last 21 years. Who’s footing the bill? I’m not footing the bill. My family has no money to foot the bill.”
Miracle strongly believes that a settlement was paid out for whatever actually took place at that prison. She thinks her family is trying to cover up the truth.
By Emily Chan
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