coupled with my physical

My hallucinations, coupled with my physical problems, made my prognosis still very bleak.

However, as time passed my mind began to clear and approximately six weeks later my right

leg began to move ever so slightly. Within seven weeks my right arm slowly began to move and

at eight weeks I uttered my first few words.

My speech was extremely difficult and slow in the beginning, but at least it was a

beginning. I was starting to look forward to each new day to see how far I would progress.

But just as I thought my life was finally looking brighter I was tested by the hospital

europsychologist. She explained to me that judging from my test results she believed that I

should not focus on returning to college but that it would be better to set more "realistic

goals."