What does TBI with encephalomalacia look like? Like a normal person. That is one of the main difficulties of brain injuries and their effects, you can’t see them. Unless there is some kind of facial scar, and many times there is not, you would not know someone’s brain is damaged. Whereas if someone is in … Continue reading Chapter 37
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Chapter 36
I want to skip ahead a bit because I want to get to the present moment. For my readers who do not know, my husband survived his injury. He fully recovered physically, but mentally he had (and still does) some significant, though invisible, issues with his brain. For awareness, I think it is important to … Continue reading Chapter 36
Chapter 3
March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. On this blog I have written about our experience with TBI, but so far the story remains locked in my computer in draft form. I claim it is finding time that is preventing it from being finished, but when I read it again, I am not so sure that … Continue reading Chapter 3
Chapter 2
March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. On this blog I have written about our experience with TBI, but so far the story remains locked in my computer in draft form. I claim it is finding time that is preventing it from being finished, but when I read it again, I am not so sure that … Continue reading Chapter 2
Chapter 1
March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. On this blog I have written about our experience with TBI, but so far the story remains locked in my computer in draft form. I claim it is finding time that is preventing it from being finished, but when I read it again, I am not so sure that … Continue reading Chapter 1
One More Stone
Louise used to think it was morose to celebrate the date of Bill’s accident. She said she wanted to forget it ever happened. Bury all the trauma in the past. “He’s fine now, like it never happened…so why go back and re-live it?” My response was, “He’s not fine. He will never be the same … Continue reading One More Stone
Grateful for 34 Years
On this date every year, my husband humors me. I have a practice of building memorials on important days. February 2nd is the time-splitting day for before Bill’s brain injury and after. For 34 February 2nds I have been placing a stone on the memorial altar; both remembering this day and trying to forget it. … Continue reading Grateful for 34 Years
Brain Injury Awareness Month
I’ve been mulling this piece in my mind for a bit. I usually reserve my TBI posts for the February 2nd anniversary of Bill’s car accident. However, March is brain injury awareness month so I am breaking my pattern in order to shed some light for those of you who might not walk in the … Continue reading Brain Injury Awareness Month
33 Years Ago Today
I had been called to the hospital because Bill was in an accident on a rainy February morning. I had been waiting in the waiting room to see him, when finally the nurse called me back to see him. I stood outside the bay in the ER, just outside the curtain, gathering myself and trying … Continue reading 33 Years Ago Today
Super Bowl Sunday
It seems that the stars have aligned this year. Super Bowl Sunday is on February 2nd, which happens to be Groundhog Day. However, in our house is also Bill’s Alive Day. In honor of this momentous day, I want to tell you a story. In 1988, I was just a young thing who woke to … Continue reading Super Bowl Sunday
Michelle's Mosaic 