A Breakthrough
Arlen was having seizures, so doctors gave her seizure medication. But something about it allowed her to regain partial control. Arlen said, “I had this moment where I realized I could blink, and I had eye contact.” Her mother noticed. “She’s like, ‘If you can hear me, can you blink? Can you blink twice?’ And I was like this crazy blinker. And she was like, ‘Oh, my gosh! She’s in there!’ And my family realized I’d been in there the whole time.”