Part 2- The Awakening
Ashleigh
The following day I am introduced to a memory expert. She talks to me independently. She showed me my initial MRI scans, the swelling, bruising, and bleeding of my brain. She explains how the brain makes and stores memories. She talks about how we recreate a pattern of electrical activity to recall memories. She talks about how information is distributed across different brain regions, which means that an injury in any part of the circuit can disrupt memory function. I am apparently missing 7 months of memories. But the brain and its process of healing are pretty unknown. How, when, and if I recover from my amnesia is unknown.
The number of guests allowed to visit me is limited. Instead of people, my room fills with flowers and cards. I had been asleep for
