My 6-Year-Old Son Pushed Me Down the Stairs—When My Sight Suddenly Returned, I Saw the Family Portrait and Realized I Had Been Raising Someone Else’s Child
The dates had always been vague because my memory of that year was fragmented.
My cognitive recovery records showed months of disorientation.
Difficulty forming new memories.
Periods where I repeatedly asked the same questions.
Douglas had filled the gaps.
And I had believed the answers because I had no competing memories.
“When was Leo born?”
I asked.