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


Panera with mom, painting with mom, and pictures of paintings
September 16, 2023: Didn’t start this early today, again. Anyways, before all this, I took my morning meds at 6:30am with mango and...

anyatbirecovery
Sep 16, 20232 min read


Yahtzee with Jodi and Solitaire with mom and Papa
September 15, 2023: Didn’t start this early today. In fact, I pretty much had nothing scheduled all day. What happened was I woke up and...

anyatbirecovery
Sep 15, 20233 min read


Games, including Canasta, with Papa, Hannah, Talia
September 14, 2023: Alright, trying to start a tiny bit early today. I took my meds at 7:02 this morning with an apricot mango yogurt for...

anyatbirecovery
Sep 14, 20232 min read


Me with Rosie, Canasta with Papa, Mayo waiting room, Dr. Flanigan w/ scan
September 13, 2023: Alright, it’s been another day so I’ve just decided to write this a while later. Gonna be hard not to talk about the...

anyatbirecovery
Sep 13, 20232 min read


TBI Support group, Designated Survivor, Blokus with Papa, Poké with Papa
September 12, 2023: Starting this before the end of the day today. First thing in the morning, I messed up on my medications. I took my...

anyatbirecovery
Sep 12, 20233 min read


BeReals, Scars, Mom with tacos for dinner
September 11, 2023: Ok I very much didn’t wanna do today because I feel like I don’t have a single good thing to say. Literally, even...

anyatbirecovery
Sep 11, 20232 min read


BeReals, Mayo Clinic Portuguese Speakers
September 10, 2023: Alright so today wasn’t that good. I woke up and took my meds at 5:08am with the Häagen-Dazs yogurts, and frankly I...

anyatbirecovery
Sep 10, 20232 min read


Me with Calendar, Nothing, Twilight BeReal with Mom
September 9, 2023: Alright I don’t have good photos for today. It’s too bad, because tonight Deb came over and we had pasta together, the...

anyatbirecovery
Sep 9, 20232 min read


Lunch, Rosie, Sushi, walk with mom
September 8, 2023: Well I didn’t do my photos of the day for the last two days. I was just feeling too low. Today, my mom made me sit...

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Sep 8, 20232 min read


Home, Mom, Scar, Papa, Hospital
September 4, 2023: Well, today was yet another day full of medical complications. I was discharged from Mayo, but it wasn’t in time to...

anyatbirecovery
Sep 4, 20232 min read


Mom Canasta and Mayo surgery
September 3, 2023: Well, I missed my medication this morning and it wasn’t my fault. I wasn’t allowed to eat anything from midnight to...

anyatbirecovery
Sep 3, 20232 min read


Sakana with Liam and Mayo admission
September 2, 2023: Well this morning I took my meds at 7am, and unfortunately I threw up right after I took the medication with the...

anyatbirecovery
Sep 2, 20232 min read


Yoga with Jordan and hot tub and mom and Talia before Barbie
September 1, 2023: Today I took my meds at 5:08am, with an alarm, because I knew I’d wanna take the night ones earlier in the day so I...

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Sep 1, 20232 min read


Guavas with Hannah and Elianna’s sunglasses
August 31, 2023: Today I decided to take my meds a bit later, at 7:30am, because I knew I’d be busy that a bit later at night and I...

anyatbirecovery
Sep 1, 20232 min read


Yoga with Debi and hot tub
August 30, 2023: Today I started the day by having my meds at 5:45am with an apricot mango yogurt for 11g of fat. Then I went back to...

anyatbirecovery
Aug 30, 20232 min read


Methodist with Louise, BLC paperwork, pool with Jodi, mom, Bill
August 29, 2023: Today started off by me taking my meds at 6:35am, and I realized later in the day that I should have taken them at like...

anyatbirecovery
Aug 29, 20233 min read


Noodles with Papa, hot tub with new people, and Eunji
August 28, 2023: Well, today was interesting. First of all, I took my meds when I woke up at 6:40am and had my meds with another vanilla...

anyatbirecovery
Aug 29, 20233 min read


Canasta with Mom, tacos, ice cream and dinner with Ernie and Kate
August 27, 2023: Ok a little bit less happened today, but it was still full. First thing in the morning, I took my meds at 8am with a...

anyatbirecovery
Aug 27, 20232 min read


Methodist tracking, Breakfast w/ Jodi/Bill + Isa, Spanish Meet, Bocce, Yahtzee
August 26, 2023: Alright a ton happened today. I admit that I relied on Jodi and Bill a lot for social stimulation. Well first thing in...

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Aug 27, 20234 min read


Yoga with Jordan, training with Chloe, games with parents, game night
August 25, 2023: Alright I’m just gonna go through my photos today, no notes. I didn’t write a lot of notes today anyways. Today started...

anyatbirecovery
Aug 25, 20233 min read
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