Victoria Nowak

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Monday, February 14, 2005 8:51 AM CST

It has officially been two years since Victoria was released from the hospital as an inpatient. Wow! Two years! She has done so much since getting out of that room.

I am writing today because I read a completely awesome news story yesterday about a girl (now a woman) that has been recovering from a brain injury for 20 years. Yep. Twenty years. She was 18 years old at the time and is currently in a nursing home where she is cared for mostly by nurses. This girl has not progressed beyond where Victoria was two months after the accident. Until now. She started speaking for the first time a few weeks ago and called her parents last week to tell them that she loved them! Can you believe it? I wept. The recovery process from a brain injury is so unknown, so complex, and so varied. The brain is so powerful.

Just a short one. Bye

Hospital Information:

Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
1600 Rockland Road
Wilmington, DE 19899

Links:

E-mail Author: edandjillnowak1@comcast.net

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