April 29 update 2 The patient is talking. Asking for her Italian uncle to come. Saying hello by videconference to aunt. Prompted with a line from a song, replied with the following line of the song. Not pleased with being in an ICU. Has occasional panic attacks (seem to me possibly flashbacks to the accident). Generally major progress since April 27 (last time I saw patient) and huge progress since April 25.

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