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[quote=Anonymous]I am very sorry, OP. And best wishes for your mother's recovery. Being in rehab will help. A neurologist can give you a sense of what the recovery path may be like for her. It can be very discontinuous.

FWIW I had a brain injury when I was young. I looked fine, could talk pretty well but had press of speech if tired or stressed. However my reading comprehension was nil for 3 months. I could read you the words but not know the meaning. I could not write.  Then suddenly after 3 months bam! I could read!  I could write by hand but it was hard to make my thoughts come out my hand. This was before personsl computers or word processors...those really saved my professional career. After about 2 years...just about when my neurologist said my recovery would plateau...my handwriting looked like mine again. 
The relevance?
It can be long process.
Things can improve in fits and starts.
Therapists can help with assistive devices, memory aids, speech work. I had those for 6 months.
At the 2 year mark I was in grad school, which I deferred after the injury. I got an SM from MIT and have a good life. It didn't look promising to me right after the injury but I believed my neurologist that I had to be patient. 
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