The 79-Year-Old Who Awoke From 5-Year Coma With One (Odd) Wish Gets It Fulfilled

The first words of a 79-year-old Michigan woman as she emerged from a five-year semi-coma were, "I want to go to a Bob Seger concert." After her story reached national headlines this week, her wish has come true.

Evie Branan of Flint Township said Thursday, according to the Flint Journal, that it was "the happiest I've been in a long time." Branan was surprised at the concert at The Palace of Auburn Hills with VIP treatment, getting to meet Seger in person -- not just rock out to his music.

Here are pictures of Branan and the concert she was so excited to attend:

Six years ago, Branan, after a major stroke, couldn't speak or move. In 2011, she came out of the coma and has since regained speech. She is slowly also regaining memory and thanks to physical therapy takes 150 steps a day.

When Branan awoke, Michelle Cross, an administrator at Willowbrook Manor care center that takes care of Branan, told the Flint Journal earlier this week, she wasn't depressed about her condition but a "cool, hip chick."

Watch MLive's video profile of Branan:

Thursday's Seger concert was Branan's fifth. When talking about it earlier in the week, Branan said she was so excited she could "hardly breathe." She intended to hug Seger, if she saw him, and "[give] him a big smooch."

And she did.

"I had my arm around him and I gave him a smooch on each side," Branan recounted to the Flint Journal. Seger even dedicated a song to her during the concert.

Read more of Branan's touching concert experience meeting Seger here.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.