"After Wife Gets Amnesia In Accident, Couple Dates All Over Again To Build Back Their Bond" - Catherine Thorbecke
Although they had been married for over a decade, an Oklahoma husband made his wife fall in love with him again after she suffered from a form of amnesia that made her forget all their memories together. Jeff Hartung and Angela Sartin-Hartung met at church in 2000 and got married just one year later. Angela was crossing the street when she was struck by a car. “Angela’s having very extensive retrograde amnesia,” said Kirk Lercher, MD, assistant professor of rehabilitation medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, who helped treat Sartin-Hartung. “She lost a giant chunk of a period of her life.” Dr. Lercher said that “to this day, the staff still remembers very fondly their interactions with Angela.” The couple plans to renew their vows this summer in a ceremony at Central Park.
- Kirk Lercher, MD, Assistant Professor, Rehabilitation Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai