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


Sam J bringing phone and Izaak with Ají Criollo
April 16, 2023: Well today was cool. First thing in the morning my apple watch actually saved my life. So last night I’d forgotten my...

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Apr 17, 20232 min read
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Lily, Liam, Alex at trivia and Mattie with puppy and flight
April 15, 2023: Starting this now in the morning before I even do anything just because I did that yesterday and it really helped because...

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Apr 16, 20234 min read
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Jodi and Papa at Taquería la Hacienda and Alec at Casa María
April 14, 2023: Alright the day isn’t even over yet and I’m writing ahead of time. I had my meds at 7:15am with Special K cereal, which I...

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Apr 15, 20233 min read
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Cornerhouse photos and Canasta with Papa
April 13, 2023: Well today was cool. In the morning I drove over to Golden Valley to shoot an event for Cornerhouse. It was called the...

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Apr 13, 20232 min read
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Hannah Being Sad
04-12-23 What happened today was I went to Mayo to do the first round of vocational testing. Then Hannah came over. Well I had my meds at...

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Apr 13, 20232 min read
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Laurie at Methodist Church and Spanish Class Thing
April 11, 2023: Well today I frankly didn’t have a great start to the day. I randomly decided I’m not sure I want to be a translator...

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Apr 12, 20234 min read
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Joe at Bde Maka Ska and Jodi and Bill with Penny
April 10, 2023: Last night I just wrote “well today was not a super good day. I was actually wondering earlier in the day what my picture...

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Apr 10, 20232 min read
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10g fat snack and Easter with Grandma, Jodi, Bill, Talia, Kenzie
April 9, 2023: Well this morning I woke up at Liam’s house. The day isn’t even over yet I’m just writing what I have now. I had my meds...

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Apr 10, 20232 min read
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Bella at Chimborazo and everyone at trivia
April 8, 2023: Took my morning meds at 6:46am with four slices of cheese for 11g fat. Then over two hours later I also had some cereal....

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Apr 9, 20234 min read
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New Swim Suit at JCC Gym
April 7, 2023: I had my morning meds at 5:30am with four slices of cheese for 11g fat. Also posted the second half of the job posting I’m...

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Apr 7, 20234 min read
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Hannah, Ruby and Beo in Wooden Ship Brewing & Cheese in Tube
April 6, 2023: Well today ended ok. It started with me taking my meds at 5:30am with vanilla almond cereal with oat milk. Last night I...

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Apr 6, 20233 min read
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Barre with Elizabeth and home
April 5, 2023: Well today was pretty good. I had my meds at 7:30am with about a quarter cup of Bob’s Salted Caramels, which Jodi had...

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Apr 5, 20232 min read
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Jodi’s house with Jodi and Alec
April 4, 2023: Well I totally messed up on my photos today. I didn’t take a single photo at Open Door because I thought I would see...

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Apr 4, 20233 min read
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Town Hall Lanes with Natalie
April 3, 2023: Ok I promise I’m doing my photo on the day of today. Well this morning I had cheese and crackers with my morning meds at...

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Apr 3, 20234 min read
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Dawn, Mike, Jodi, Bill, Bob and Izaak
April 2, 2023: Damn it I didn’t do my photo of the day yesterday at all. Just decided I was kind of tired again I think, though I didn’t...

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Apr 3, 20233 min read
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Winning trivia with Ezra's dad Josh, Liam, Lily, Mattie and Ezra
April 1, 2023: Well all I wrote yesterday was “haven’t written yet,” because I was way too tired to do this. Also all I did was publish...

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Apr 1, 20234 min read
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Open Door with Wendy and Liam with Daisy and Lo Mein
March 31, 2023: Today was interesting. Well this morning I took my morning meds at 6:16am with two cheese and Ritz crackers. It added up...

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Mar 31, 20234 min read
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Hannah and Ruby playing Canasta at Hannah’s
March 30, 2023: Well today was a pretty good day. To start off with I woke up at 3:08 and 4:30 and went back to sleep both times. Then I...

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Mar 30, 20233 min read
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Rosie playing Canasta and Mom hot tub
March 29, 2023: Not waiting til the end of the day to write my photo today. First of all I had my meds at 7:13 this morning with 4 Ritz...

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Mar 29, 20232 min read
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5-8 Club with Papa and Open Door with Owen
March 28, 2023: Well today was a pretty good day and I’m succeeding in writing my photo on the day of. Well this morning I also...

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Mar 29, 20232 min read
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