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Chris-Returns Home, Not a Simple Reunion

Posted on September 10th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Chris Part Five – Chris returns home, but it was not just a simple reunion: http://tbivoices.com/blog/uncategorized/chriss-return-home/ Chris and her mother talk about the 10-month transition from a nursing home to her family home after recovering from a coma. Concerns for Chris focus on difficulties such as managing stairs and friends..
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Chris-Clearview Key For Recovery From Coma

Posted on September 7th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Chris Part Four – Clearview Key for Recovery from Coma: http://tbivoices.com/blog/uncategorized/clearview-key-stage-for-chriss-recovery/   Chris’s recovery at Sacred Heart was at a standstill, so she was transferred again to Clearview in Juneau, Wisconsin. It was while she was in Clearview that she began to make progress. Before the transfer to Clearview, she..
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Chris-Emerging From The Coma

Posted on September 6th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Chris Part Three – Emerging from the Coma – Not Like In a Soap Opera: http://tbivoices.com/blog/uncategorized/emerging-from-a-coma/ Emerging from her coma was nothing like one would see on television. For her it was slow and unpredictable process. Making the coma more difficult for her mother was that the information she needed..
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Chris-Severe Brain Injury With Coma

Posted on September 5th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Chris Part Two – Severe Brain Injury with Coma: http://tbivoices.com/blog/uncategorized/understanding-severity-of-chris’s-brain-injury/   At the time of her injury, Chris was a typical 10th grade girl who loved shopping and hanging out with her friends. Her coma, which lasted months, left her with severe physical problems, some of which were caused by..
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Chris-A Story of DUI and Coma

Posted on September 4th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Chris Begins – Story of DUI & Coma: http://tbivoices.com/blog/uncategorized/chris-story-begins-dui-results-in-a-year-of-coma-and-treatment/   The Chris story begins with the  contrast between the absence of memory for the survivor to the nightmare ordeal of the parents of someone in a coma.  Chris was hurt in January of 1998, when she was 15 years old...
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Why do Ryan’s Lies Matter?

Posted on September 3rd, 2012 · Posted in Uncategorized

Why does it matter that Paul Ryan has such trouble with the truth? The Republican’s want this Presidential election to be about the economy, as they through their lies, will define it.  They think that because things are bad, if they make a bunch of promises about how cutting taxes..
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Betty – Don’t Ever Give Up

Posted on August 31st, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Betty Concludes in Part 12 –  Don’t Ever Give Up: http://tbivoices.com/blog/uncategorized/dont-ever-give-up-after-brain-injury/ Betty concludes with words for the brain injury community, both survivor and family that one must never give up, be the best you can be today and that tomorrow you will be even better.   NEXT…Chris’s Story Begins

Betty-Care Must Be Ongoing After Brain Injury

Posted on August 30th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Betty Part Eleven – Care Must Be Ongoing: http://tbivoices.com/blog/uncategorized/maximum-recovery-from-tbi-requires-a-lifetime-of-care/ Brain injury happens in an instant but the recovery must be for a lifetime.  Betty is a great example of the long-term need to continue to grow, to continue to work hard to get better and how even through failures, the..
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Betty-Dating and Marriage After Brain Injury

Posted on August 29th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Betty Part Ten – Dating and Marriage after Brain Injury: http://tbivoices.com/blog/uncategorized/dating-and-relationships-after-brain-injury/ Betty’s recovery was also benefitted by years of dating and ultimately marrying after her TBI.  As she was in her early twenties when hurt, those parts of life were ahead of her at the time of her injury. While..
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Betty-Frontal Lobe Damage Issues

Posted on August 28th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Betty Part Nine – More Frontal Lobe  Damage Issues: http://tbivoices.com/blog/uncategorized/particular-frontal-lobe-challenges-after-severe-brain-injury/   Betty has some areas of frontal weaknesses as well as frontal strengths.  She has issues with impolitic speech and impulsivity, saying she marches to a different drummer.  Possibly because of her extended years of working post-injury, she does better..
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