My mother was in a medically induced coma for 5 months. When she was finally stable, they woke her up, and she had lost a lot of her memory. I am the youngest of 3 and she could not remember me, but she did remember my brother and sister and my dad. She actually thought I was a long lost son of my dad’s because I look so much like him. When we tried to explain to her that I’m her son, she was completely confused and actually panicked a little.

I went home after being awake for nearly 50 hours, then I got a phone call from the hospital just as I was about to go to bed. It was my mom. She remembered me and was crying hysterically that she’d forgotten about me, so I went back to the hospital and she hugged me and told me how sorry she was. I told her that it wasn’t her fault and we both cried our eyes out. She’s doing very well now and we’re closer than ever.