A good friend of mine had an aneurism on her 39th birthday, almost 10 years ago. She required surgery and that probably did a fair amount of the brain damage she suffered. She also has partial paralysis on her left side and significant atrophy issues. She has never recovered her mental capacity, and is very limited in terms of speech and comprehension, etc. Her amazing husband has stuck with her the whole time, but it is hard as a friend because she is not local and it is hit or miss whether she can really communicate at all.