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Looking at old family photos, Taylor Smart seems that she looks into someone else’s life. She is now 18, and two years ago in As a result of the fall, the girl forgot everything about herself. True, after an accident, she still recognized her family, but she had to re-study the history of his life. “I didn’t recognize mine friends, house and dogs. I was again shown how to use cutlery, tie shoelaces and even write letters “, – says taylor. “I felt like I came here with another planet. “The girl has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, known as “skin hyperelasticity” which is fraught with danger is easy to obtain dislocation of the joint or damage to the skin. As well as taylor suffers from postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, which makes her prone to fainting and dizziness. Then she doesn’t took any medication, and once, losing consciousness, fell, hit her head on the bath, and the memory simply disappeared. Opening his eyes the girl recognized her mother Jane, Steve’s father and two older sisters – Ashley and Becky. Jane recalls: “She was like a little kid with his eternal “why,” “where,” and “what.” Taylor knew she was hungry, but if I offered her a sandwich, she wouldn’t understand that it is that. My daughter did not remember any holidays or birthdays. Somehow she burned herself on a frying pan because she did not know that she could get burned. “Xc part, Taylor’s brain wasn’t damaged. She can read and speak, but the girl forgot the names of many objects, products, animals and places. Now she has to learn everything anew. “When my mom and I went to the supermarket, it was, in general, funny. I asked her what it was and what it was, and asked me to tell Do I love this or that product? “Taylor shares.” But with Christmas went wrong. I was confused when I saw a huge wood in the living room. “But overall it wasn’t so much fun. The girl had to put up with this state of affairs, and for this she I needed the help of a psychologist and loved ones. Now she is gradually comes to life. Taylor overcame fear of a school where she was known everything, but she did not recognize anyone and had to endure daily a flurry of questions. She managed to pass the exams, although she returned to class just three months before the tests, completely forgetting everything that her taught. Now Taylor went to college, she wants to work in media sphere. In the meantime, moonlighting at Topshop and learning again enjoy life and chat with other people. “I hated that accident, because of which I had to overcome so much difficulties, but I tried my best. “Little by little the steel memories come back, more often it provokes any smells or sounds. “I was in the store before Christmas, it smelled of perfume, and I remembered that my mother had such. And she’s right, “says Taylor However, doctors do not yet make predictions when to her memory will completely return. On the Internet, mother Taylor found only two similar cases. In one of them, the memory returned to the girl after three years, in another – a woman never restored her. Taylor says: “I got used to the idea that memory will not return to me. But now I I get a lot of new impressions and knowledge again, and I want to survive and learn even more. “Parents are proud of their brave daughter and hope that she will succeed in her life.
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