Alice's Brain Injury Accident. Alice is a 24-year-old art student originally from Connecticut. She moved to California about eleven months ago to pursue her degree in fine arts from a leading California university. Things have been going well, and it’s a relief for her to see that she’s been able to make it on her own while juggling a job as a waitress together with her studies. She’s become one of the top students in the class in the space of just a few months.
Some people have even singled out her art as exceptional - and there have been some offers on the pieces that she paints during her free time. What was supposed to be a regular weekly trip to the nearest art supply store turned into a nightmare event for Alice. A light fixture in the store came loose and landed right on her head. Alice sustained severe cuts from the broken glass and had a gash several inches long above her left eye as a result of the damaged light fixture coming down on her. Alice developed a severe fever during the night.