TORONTO -- An Ontario student has graduated from university despite suffering from a disease commonly known as "brain on fire" that put her in a five-month coma and caused near total memory loss during her second year of school.
However, the next few days were a fog for Samuel. She says she returned home to Innisfil, Ont. and eventually stopped recognizing her mom. Samuel does not remember initially waking from the coma, but has been told by family that she didn't recognize her mom or her friends. During her rehabilitation, Samuel said she also took up painting and photography again -- two of her passions before her brain injury.
Samuel finally graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in digital enterprise management on Saturday.
Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)
What a scary thing to go through. Good for her for continuing to move forward. Congratulations!