Erin Butzler makes memories. A head injury in 2009 swept away all of her old ones. Vacations and holidays vanished. Family and friends became strangers. When she woke up in a hospital bed, she woke up to a new world.
“My mom was in the hospital the whole time, but I don’t think I really
recognized her as my mom,” Butzler said. “At first, the only things I knew were my name and where I lived.”
She only remembers bits and pieces, so the 18-year-old West Salem High School senior had to relearned it all, with the help of loved ones and teachers.
Butzler remembers nothing about what happened the day she was injured. From stories, she knows she was playing soccer when another player kicked her in the head.
She got up and kept playing, but something was wrong.
“Another girl noticed something was the matter and flagged the coach to take her out,” said mother Becky Butzler, who was at the game. “She was very out of it.” Erin was taken by ambulance to the hospital.
Coming home was like entering a new house, she said. She couldn’t remember her father and two brothers.
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