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Traumatic Brain Injuries and Emergency Rooms

I want to specifically talk about brain injuries in relation to emergency rooms because I have had too many experiences with them. I know how challenging it can be to have a TBI recognized and how very important this is, especially in the case of the brain injury being caused by an accident that eventually…

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Thanksgiving and TBI – I miss you dad

It’s Thanksgiving week.  This is now my 15th Thanksgiving without my father.  Fifteen years ago, the Saturday before Thanksgiving, my life was irrevocably changed by my father’s traumatic brain injury(TBI).   What happened He slipped.  While climbing a ladder.  He fell less than 10 feet, but just landed on the back of his head.  The…