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Anya's Photos of the Day
A first-person account of recovery from a serious traumatic brain injury

Thursday: Dr. Tonkin, Open Door w/ Italia, Julia, and Rogelio w/ VF stuff!
December 21, 2023 Ah well, here we go. Today during my morning appointment with Dr. Tonkin, I took both vertical and horizontal photos...
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Dec 21, 20234 min read
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Wednesday! MN Brain Injury Alliance with Phil (forgot pic with Alec)
December 20, 2023 Oh my God, I'm just clearing all the text from yesterday. Yesterday was INSANE. Today was on the less insane side, but...
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Dec 20, 20234 min read
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Tuesday! Methodist w/ Kathy & Barb, Open Door w/ Italia, Julia, Amanda
December 19, 2023 SO, I didn’t do this yesterday because I was exhausted at night. I think you’ll understand why when I tell my story. In...
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Dec 20, 20234 min read
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![Good day! [Business card, therapy, selfie and Spanish with Rhys and Carlos]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/73b394_36db9969a89a4a02b0a0ff8685086a69~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_avif,quality_auto/73b394_36db9969a89a4a02b0a0ff8685086a69~mv2.webp)
Good day! [Business card, therapy, selfie and Spanish with Rhys and Carlos]
December 18, 2023 ALRIGHT I was like three seconds away from just skipping my entire day and jumping to my last photo, which was...
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Dec 19, 20234 min read
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Coffee Shop! Makeup, papa w/ Rosie, photo for gift, salad, coffee
December 17, 2023 WELL I had a fantastic day today. In the morning when I woke up, I was thinking stuff like, “oh crap not much scheduled...
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Dec 18, 20233 min read
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Traducción, mom BeReal, card holders, Mattheas convo and hat/bracelets
December 16, 2023 Alright, I’m already still pretty happy about what I was able to do with this yesterday... the way I skipped the whole...
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Dec 17, 20234 min read
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Español con Rick y Christie, cheesecake party
[just posting exactly what I wrote yesterdfay with minimal edits, to be #authentic, Not sure why I didn't finish posting this one even...
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Dec 16, 20235 min read
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Leeann Chin, pañuelos, and Open Door with Italia y Sean
December 14, 2023 Today was definitely a good photo day! I didn’t do a good job before Open Door, but I achieved an EXCELLENT one at Open...
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Dec 15, 20234 min read
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Not my job coaches, shopping, mock trial practice
December 13, 2023 Yesterday was good photo day, so I suppose that meeans that today doesn’t have to be. I did some awesome stuff today,...
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Dec 13, 20234 min read
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Methodist BeReal, me in action, Noodles w/Papa, Rosie + angel food cake
December 12, 2023 Alright, today was quite a good day, like Tuesdays often are. I chose to go in for my shift at Methodist this morning...
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Dec 12, 20233 min read
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Pre-chemo selfie, Dr. Miller talking, business cards + holders, Tal + Rosie
December 11, 2023 OK, now I’m home from Mayo! Or at least, I’m staying at my dad’s house for a few days now. I’m not gonna try to...
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Dec 11, 20233 min read
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Ambulance transfer and hospital room whiteboard
December 10, 2023 Right now, I’m back at Mayo. I came back here because I’m suffering from some after-effects of my surgery, like urinary...
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Dec 10, 20233 min read
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BeReals with the family after an event
December 8 Ok I really didn’t write any notes today. So who knows what happened. I obviously didn’t go to my morning barre class with...
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Dec 8, 20232 min read
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A bit of skin recovery and night time at home with Talia
December 7, 2023 OK, so I’ll try to write this briefly. At around 5am, I added a few of my wedding photos from Heidi’s wedding to...
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Dec 7, 20232 min read
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Paramedics, Pre-Surgery and McDonalds with Papa
December 6, 2023 Alright, my day started at 3am today. That’s what the far left photo I have is, taken at 3:03am when a few paramedics...
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Dec 7, 20232 min read
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IV changing, canasta game, fat counts in chicken
December 5, 2023 Ok, so so far today has kinda been a failure in terms of getting meaningful photos of the day. I’m just about to be...
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Dec 6, 20233 min read
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Morning look, Insta post of Spanish group, me in Eisenberg at Mayo
December 4, 2023 Alright I’m in a Mayo Clinic hospital bed at the moment. I honestly MAYBE am in the same building as I was when I did my...
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Dec 5, 20233 min read
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Washed face, at Mayo Clinic, Met with Daniel
December 3, 2023 Today, first things first I had my meds at 7:45am with an ice cream bar that was really the only thing I could eat...
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Dec 4, 20232 min read
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Bloody tragedy, me with nurse and EMT at Spanish meet, horchata shot
December 3, 2023 Ok it’s like 1pm and I’m not even gonna try to put a single photo in since I’ll obviously have better ones later. It’s...
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Dec 3, 20235 min read
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Yoga with Jordan, organize clothes con mi hermanita, good old Insta post
December 1, 2023 Ok, I’m not gonna wait til hella late to write this like I did yesterday. I also succeeded in taking slightly better...
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Dec 1, 20234 min read
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