Chapter 10 and Chapter 11 Summary and Analysis

Chapter 10: Bill Gardner, the counselor, helped Alan to organize his home office. Alan was quite resentful of having a helper. Alan still did not often recall that he was injured, and he forgot many of the doctors and nurses and other people he had met since his accident, including Dr. Zagar. Alan's right leg started to bother him, and Cathy feared the worst, but MRI images showed no new brain bleeding had occurred. The right leg numbness could have been a mystery regression or could have been stress-related.

Alan was next able to pass a written as well as road driving test in order to get a license to drive again, which was a good sign for his independence. Alan began to work in a very limited capacity, about 8 hours a week in the office and an...