seuss books to me. and that was a rehab. and she would have to read. and i'd read, and she'd read.ke reading to a toddler all over and teaching a child to read. >> but the attack on brittani was so brutal, dr. wright wasn't sure how far she'd get in her recovery. >> there was 25% of the brain she wasn't able to access that she used to be able to access. >> did you think she'd ever get her memory back? >> getting that memory back, most people don't ever. especially if it's a traumatic brain injury, if you're -- you don't usually remember. >> if brittani's memory did return, her account of the attack could later be used as evidence. so dr. wright didn't give brittani any of the details out of concern it could create false memories. >> when people come out of this kind of trauma, they're not sure if this is a memory that they're remembering, or this is something that somebody's told them. if her memory were to come back, we wanted it to just be her memory. >> as she slowly learned to talk again, brittani seemed stuck in a loop of fear. >> she would -- just on repeat, you know, "i'm af