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18 Year Old Brain Injury Survivor: Hearing Her Voice

Posted on September 21st, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

18 year Old Brain Injury Survivor: Nancy Part Seventeen  We don’t have to take Nancy’s Mom’s word for it, just watch the YouTube videos of Nancy.  First, it is her fascination with celebrity boys. Hearing Nancy’s 18 year old brain injury survivor’s voice: What, what kind of things do cause you..
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Teen Years After Severe Brain Injury for This Survivor

Posted on September 19th, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

Teen Years After Severe Brain Injury: Nancy Part Sixteen  I talked to Nancy’s mom about her teen years after severe brain injury and the difference of maturity level of Nancy and other kids her age. Nancy is 18 now? Yes. Do you feel like she’s stuck or is she maturing just at..
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Severe Pediatric Survivor: Perspective on School and Graduation

Posted on September 19th, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

Severe Pediatric Survivor: Nancy Part Fifteen  Nancy was in the 4th grade when she got hurt, when we interviewed her, she was a month from high school graduation.  On the one hand, her grades were good. On the other hand, being a severe pediatric survivor her problems with education are significant: Challenges..
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Pediatric Brain Injury: Returning to School

Posted on September 16th, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

Pediatric Brain Injury: Nancy Part Fourteen  Because of her severe pediatric brain injury, Nancy got tutoring instead of returning to the 4th grade.  But at the beginning of the next  year, even with her pediatric brain injury, she went back to school.  This interview was done in May of 2011. Is she..
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Recovery from Severe Brain Injury: Mom’s Life During Recovery

Posted on September 15th, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

Recovery from Severe Brain Injury: Nancy Part Thirteen   From the beginning of my brain injury advocacy, I have tried to focus my educational efforts as much on the caregivers as the survivors.  Thus, in my interview, I also asked what life was like for Mom in terms of recovery from..
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Residual Deficits After Severe Brain Injury

Posted on September 13th, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

Residual Deficits After Severe Brain Injury: Nancy Part Twelve In part twelve I discussed with Nancy’s mom the residual deficits after severe brain injury Nancy was experiencing. Some of the ongoing issues that come with brain injury. For Nancy’s parents, as with almost all of the caregivers we have interviewed, there is..
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After Skull Fracture: Day to Day Routine

Posted on September 13th, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

After Skull Fracture: Nancy Part Eleven I continued my interview with Nancy’s Mom, focusing on the day to day life after skull fracture in her first few months after returning home from UW Hospital. She doesn’t go back to school or fourth grade, but she has a tutor, what’s the daily..
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Transitioning Home After Severe Brain Injury

Posted on September 12th, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

Transitioning Home After Severe Brain Injury: Nancy Part Ten Returning to the timeline of our story, we now turn to Nancy’s transitioning home after severe brain injury from Madison. How long is she at UW Hospital? Thirty-six days. So what are the last ten days like in Madison? The last ten days..
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Assessing Retrograde Amnesia and Post Traumatic Amnesia

Posted on September 9th, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

Assessing Retrograde Amnesia: Nancy Part Nine  Throughout TBI Voices, we have been assessing retrograde amnesia and post traumatic amnesia (also called anterograde amnesia) in each survivor.  That is considerably more difficult with Nancy, perhaps because she was a child, perhaps for other motivational reasons.  Regardless, what she reports in assessing retrograde..
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Hospital For Severe Brain Injury: Tenth Birthday in the Hospital

Posted on September 8th, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

Hospital For Severe Brain Injury: Nancy Part 8 While not all prayers are ever answered after any brain injury, Nancy while still in the hospital for severe brain injury wasn’t given more than she or her family could handle.  But the challenges got greater as her awareness returned. She is in..
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