TBI Voices

Catastrophic Brain Injury: Rita Part One As we start Rita’s story we hear about the horrible accident that caused her catastrophic brain injury and how the system failed when she needed it the most. Sometimes there is no audible voice after TBI.  TBI Voices has largely been a page about past..
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Horror of Catastrophic Brain Injury: Rita Part Two I asked her mother about the horror of catastrophic brain injury and whether or not they had any idea what they were about to embark on with Rita’s injuries: So let’s start with your part of the story as the horror of catastrophic brain..
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Before Catastrophic Brain Injury: Rita Part Three In part three we talked about who Rita was before catastrophic brain injury.  She had moved to Florida to be with her parents and working as a waitress with no insurance. Your daughter is how old on the date of the accident before catastrophic brain..
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Emergence from Coma an Ambiguous State: Rita Part Four Sometimes the signs of emergence from coma are so subtle that it is hard for even the family to keep the sequence clear. In Part Four we talk about Rita’s emergence from coma. When they start to pull the drugs off at three..
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Waiting for Care After Catastrophic Brain Injury: Rita Part Five Blame it on bean counters who want to cut costs – blame it on bureaucrats who want care to fit care into pigeon holes –  blame it on neurosurgeons who don’t believe in the power of their own miracles, but a..
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Transition to Rehab after Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Rita Part Six After all of the time she was parked on the trauma floor, a floor away from meaningful rehab, she still didn’t get moved to the 6th floor directly from the 5th floor for transition to Rehab after severe traumatic brain..
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Severe Brain Injury Under Medicaid: Rita Part Seven Severe brain injury under Medicaid is limited to how much therapy they will cover and in Rita’s case it was very little considering how severe her brain injury was. At some point, every family realizes that they have to do more than they are..
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Return Home after Catastrophic Brain Injury : Rita Part Eight In part eight I talked with Rita’s mom about her return home after catastrophic brain injury and the events leading up to her going home. Almost as if the medical community had been waiting for its first real chance to expel her..
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Recovery from Catastrophic Brain Injury: Rita Part Nine In part nine we continued our talk about Rita’s set back and having to be sent back to a hospital and also her  recovery from catastrophic brain injury. The question remains whether Rita’s brain suffered any additional damage as a result of this secondary..
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Parents of Catastrophic Brain Injury Survivor: Rita Part Ten At the end of Part Nine, Rita’s mom explained, as one of Rita’s parents of catastrophic brain injury survivor, that they were left to themselves to find ways to help Rita when she came home: Parents of Catastrophic Brain Injury Survivor Left on..
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