Science
A prizewinning novelist, a bad concussion and loss of memory during the coronavirus pandemic – The Washington Post
After a bad fall, Chimamanda Adichie couldn’t remember things. The hospital staff seemed harried or somewhat indifferent — and she worried, would her brain recover?
My daughter picked up a green balloon pump, squirted the air at me, and ran off, around the kitchen counter. When I caught her, squealing, it was her turn to chase me. I was wearing white slippers, from some hotel somewhere, back when international travel was normal. They felt soft and thin-soled. I recall all these clearly, because of all the things I will be unable to recall later. I turned away from the kitchen to make the chase longer and something happened. I slipped or I tripped or my dest…
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