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


Hannah: Desert Botanical Garden, Shopping and Sandwiches
May 9, 2023: Yet another fairly good day so far. We’ll see how it ends. Just gonna get the photos in now at a little after 6pm. I think...

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May 9, 20235 min read


Hannah: Sushi and Canasta
May 8, 2023: Another really good day. I totally failed to do this last night and didn’t even do the photos. I guess now I’m just gonna...

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May 9, 20234 min read


Hannah: A Day in the Sun!
May 7, 2023: Really good day today. I’m just gonna write through my notes because my sunburn is hurting me so badly. I had my meds at...

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May 7, 20235 min read


Hannah with mimosas and Ceviche 28 with Hannah and mom
May 6, 2023: So today I had my meds at 7am at Papa’s house. I listened to La Vida Incompleta de John Lennon on the way over. Before I...

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May 6, 20234 min read


Hot tub and Hannah at Nails & Co.
May 5, 2023: Alright I’ve got a lot today and I haven’t even seen Hannah yet. I had my meds at 5:55am with a cup and a half of oat milk,...

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May 5, 20234 min read


Jodi and Papa at Sea Salt, Rosie with Holden and Mike at Open Door
May 4, 2023: Well today I’m successfully starting it before the day is over. Basically first thing in the morning I took my meds at...

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May 4, 20235 min read


Yoga with Debi and Gina, Papa + Poke and Eleanor at Dominguez
May 3, 2023: Alright today I stupidly didn’t write anything earlier. I also didn’t write the rest of this yesterday, just wrote that one...

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May 4, 20235 min read


Minnehaha Food Shelf with Babs and Spanish with Paola
May 2, 2023: Well let’s start today by doing over the things that I failed to put in yesterday. Well today this morning I found my...

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May 3, 20235 min read


Photos for Luis Carrillo
May 1, 2023: Alright well today I can’t find my notebook. I also did something very exciting, which was I took food photos for my old...

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May 2, 20233 min read


Papa with the bat he’s beating me with, and Heidi after Starbucks
April 30, 2023: Alright the first thing I did today was I edited the Open Door photos from yesterday. Or rather, I edited most of them...

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Apr 30, 20234 min read


Empty Bowls with Mikell and Lily, Liam and Alex at Trivia
April 29, 2023: Well I’m doing the first part of my photo mid-day. It’s about 3pm now and a lot has already happened. First of all I...

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Apr 30, 20234 min read


Open Door and Caroline and Hannah at Bolé Ethiopian Cuisine
April 28, 2023: Meds at 6:20am with a cup and a half of oat milk. Set the alarm for leaving for Open Door for 9:05am. I put on the shirt...

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Apr 29, 20235 min read


SNAP, Papa + Canasta, Open Door with Maureen, Liam’s + curry
April 27, 2023: Meds at 6:50am with Special K and oat milk, for about 10g fat. I re-read my version 2s, and then sent all my photos to...

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Apr 28, 20232 min read


Yoga with Debbie, Mississippi Market Interview and Jodi
April 26, 2023: Today I did a little bit less than yesterday. It was still alright though. Well first thing in the morning I took my meds...

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Apr 26, 20233 min read


Mikell with camera, Grandma and Jodi at movie, and Spanish desk
April 25, 2023: Alright then today I did a lot. I need to write through it all to figure out what it actually was. Well this morning I...

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Apr 25, 20234 min read


Mac and Cheese and Canasta with Papa and Gym and hot tub
April 23, 2023: Alright today I didn’t do much. I literally just did my meds at 7:01am this morning with a cup and a half of oat milk for...

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Apr 24, 20233 min read


Mom, Yoga with Lisa, food and Canasta with Jodi, Bill, Papa
April 24, 2023: Well dear God I have so much to say. Today was interesting. Well in the morning mom came by and literally made me delete...

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Apr 24, 20233 min read


Trivia with Josh, Alex, Ezra, Mattie
April 22, 2023: Alright this morning the first thing I did this morning was Zack with the TBI called me at like 8:30am. We talked for...

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Apr 23, 20234 min read


Hannah at Town Hall Tap
April 21, 2023: Well I’m writing some of it ahead of time again. Well this morning I had my meds kinda late, at like 8:43am. Then on my...

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Apr 21, 20233 min read


Open Door with Ron/Barbara, Papa with Rosie, OD with Maria
April 20, 2023: Well I did not do the thing today where I wrote my photo ahead of time, which I kinda regret. Funny enough I volunteered...

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Apr 20, 20234 min read
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