Report from the Front

It has been said that writing is a simple thing. All one need do is sit each day at the keyboard, open up a vein and bleed a little.

notes on wrestling the brain injury beast, comforting the hostage, finding sanity in humor, stumbling forward, never surrendering

Horseback Riding Picture Gallery

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Horseback riding

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Thanks to Maryland DDA and Case Manager "Ms. Emma", Dani has a weekly appointment with Rainbow, a horse of large proportion and

defibrillators and non-events

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Did you know that defibrillators record unusual heart "events" and store them for future analysis by a cardiologist?

make me beautiful

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When I took the hairbrush from Dani to catch an area in the back she was not getting with the blow dryer, she asked if I was going to make her beautiful.

hug #2

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Dani's first day of evaluation with a local outpatient neurological rehab facility went well.

thoughts on Thanksgiving with Dani

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Across the table Dani will eat ravenously. The giant turkey centered there will

Dani does The Smokey Pig

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About 10 days ago, Dani took her first weekend trip since leaving the hospital. We all went to Richmond for a postcard show.

The other postcard dealers, a friendly and accomodating lot, made her feel quite at home. When a group got together for Saturday night dinner at The Smokey Pig, a great barbeque place, Dani joined in.

email up & running

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Dani now has Net access on her computer. A link to her email has been added to the Categories box on the left. She can answer her own

brain injury recovery and a computer called Penguin

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It is my theory that a 4 year computer engineering student's life is so inextricably connected to the machine that it becomes an extension of their brain; a powerful addition to their thinking, memory, and creative skills.

Wouldn't that same machine help that same brain if it were to become injured?

tech specs on Dani's computer

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(for Engineer's only)

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