Chapter 17: “Did I, Andrew, Take thee, David?”
“David, he’s lost his recent memory. We store memories on different levels. “ In her office, Dr Carbury was trying to explain to me what was going on with Andy. “We have short term memory of things that have just happened. We have long term memory of things in our past and we have recent memory, things that happened within the last few days or years. That’s the segment he’s lost.”
“For how long?” I sat on the chair with my legs crossed, sagging to one side.
“I can’t answer that. It could be a week. It could be forever.”
“Is there anything I can do?”
“Spend time with him. Talk with him. Don’t try to bring back memories. Just let them happen when they will.”
I was so tired. I just wanted this to be over and done with—but I had to go on. I
