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


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


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


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


Yoga with Lori and Yearbook with Papa
March 27, 2023: Ok now I’m actually actually gonna write all of my photo of the day on the actual day. I had my meds at 7:15am with...

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Mar 27, 20233 min read


Tom and Mom at Sonder Shaker
March 26, 2023: Well dear God I’m finally doing my photo on the actual day. I had my meds at 6:25 with a 9mg fat cookie from Open Door...

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Mar 27, 20232 min read


Cleaning and car and Sam Jenson, Ezra, Liam, Mattie for trivia
March 25, 2023: Damn again I didn’t do my photo on the day of. The main thing is that yesterday I did a lot of cleaning and organizing...

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Mar 26, 20233 min read


Open Door with Vicki and Vina with Bill and Papa
March 24, 2023: Well damn it I’m doing my photo of the day on the day of today. Never mind I didn’t. I just got the photos in here and...

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Mar 25, 20233 min read


Sheldon and Hannah, Caroline, Ruby
March 23, 2023: Damn it I didn’t write my photo of the day yesterday. Funny because I had literally put on my Any.Do to do both versions...

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Mar 24, 20236 min read


Barre with Suzy and Nathaniel at Town Hall Lanes
March 22, 2023: Well today I started off the day by going to barre class with Debbie again. What I did this morning was I decided to use...

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Mar 22, 20233 min read


Papa making food with me
March 21, 2023: Well today I got a lot done. The most important thing is that I designed the first 4 pages of my yearbook. Starting with...

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Mar 21, 20232 min read


Hannah at Venn
March 20, 2023: Well today I did therapy with Jessica and Whitney and then I volunteered at Open Door doing Spanish stuff. But...

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Mar 21, 20232 min read


Family Birthday Party
March 19, 2023: Ah ok today we had my family birthday party. It was Jodi, Jodi’s boyfriend Bill, Mom, Talia, Talia’s girlfriend Kenzie,...

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Mar 20, 20233 min read


Pizza Lucé with Mom and Cleaning
March 18, 2023: Alright today I accomplished a lot. Well today the big news is that I got a lot of stuff done. Maybe I could try to write...

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Mar 19, 20234 min read


Jodi, Bill and Hannah, Liam, Ruby and Alex and Anha
March 17, 2023: Well hot crap I had an amazing birthday today. It started with me going over to Jodi’s house for a chocolate croissant...

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Mar 17, 20232 min read


Dr. Tonkin and Papa shuffling
March 16. 2023: Well today I first of all drove myself to my own doctors appointment. It’s the first time I’ve parked at HCMC alone, and...

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Mar 16, 20233 min read


Barre with Debbie and Room
March 15, 2023: Well I went to the barre class at the gym. I also talked to Debbie the instructor quite a bit. Before I went in I had a...

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Mar 15, 20233 min read


Caroline at Berry Sweet Kitchen
March 12, 2023: Well I had brunch with Caroline, which was amazing. I ate the breakfast burrito grande and she had pancakes. Brunch with...

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Mar 15, 20231 min read


Open Door with Ed and All Square with Jodi and Papa
March 14, 2023: Well today was interesting. In the morning I just drove to Open Door and volunteered as a Spanish translator. There was...

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Mar 15, 20233 min read


Rock of Ages with Joe
March 13, 2023: I actually made plans with Joe today. He’s gonna come over as soon as he showers. So it cancels my plans for tomorrow...

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Mar 13, 20232 min read


Lunds with Tom Balster and Liam something
March 11, 2023: Well damn it today I’m not waiting til the end of the day to write. I kinda fucked up on my medication time this morning...

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Mar 12, 20233 min read
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