Synapses, a Novella by author Debra Erfert. What if this happened to you???

Synapses by author Debra Erfert is a compelling novella which hooked my interest right from the start. Gabriella Williams was in an automobile accident months earlier with her husband, Mason. He was able to walk away with minor injuries but Gabriella has a traumatic brain injury. Her family has been told there is no help for her and even a partial recovery is not possible. The scans show no brain activity and the family has been recommended to remove the life support. Her husband Mason rarely comes to the hospital and will not be there for her final moments. As her mother leans over and says “Goodbye, my angel”, the nurse is told to discontinue the IV.

Wait! Wait! No one can hear the thoughts screaming in Gabriella’s mind! She felt the sting of the IV being removed … ” Wait, I can’t breathe!”  Oh, my! Can you imagine this scenario?

Six months later in a rehabilitation facility, Gabriella can hear…she can not respond, but she can hear. It is as if she hears the words her mother says before she utters them. How can that be? Her vision is extremely sensitive to the light. She has recently been able to breathe without help, but she can not speak. A new doctor visits Gabriella and her mother with a new therapy. He wants to work with her and thinks there is a possibility of her regaining her memories. Dr. Stratton wants to try added electrolytes combined with the pulses from a TENs unit to amplify the synapses and impulses in order to increase activity to the neurons for a response.  

Uh-Oh, Mason has come to visit and he does not like the sound of this new treatment. Well, not the treatment exactly, but the possibility that Gabriella may recover those memories prior to the accident!

Odd things begin to happen and I can imagine the possibilities of more to the story!  

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