Tipsizens, A student has posted to one of my discussion boards a question about her 11 year old cousin who contracted a cardiac virus, suffered 2 heart attacks and then a stroke (apparently related to CPR administration). She now cannot write or recognize numbers, but still can read. The student also says "the doctors say her (the victim's) brain forgets how to walk or talk for a minute or two." Although I think I have a vague general idea of the brain areas that may be involved here, could a bio person share his or her impressions of what specific areas may have been damaged in order to cause these particular losses in functioning? I thank you all as I have certainly been overtaxing this resource of late. Have a great holiday. Nancy Melucci Huntington Beach, CA
