After a few more questions, the investigators reached their conclusion that Ashley really had an amnesia.
With nothing more to gain from pressing her further, they called in the doctors for a full evaluation. The medical team reviewed her condition and soon arrived at a plausible explanation that during her cardiac arrest, her heart had stopped for several seconds, cutting off oxygen to her brain. That brief deprivation of oxygen to the brain was enough to affect her memory.
It wasn't uncommon.
Recovery, however, was uncertain.
They could only continue monitoring her condition, hoping her memories would return over time. It might take days, months… or never happen at all.
When the doctors confirmed it, the investigators accepted it without further doubt.
To them... Ashley had truly lost her memory.
