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


Fogo with Hasna, Brenda, Michelle
Dec. 20, 2022: Well tonight I wasn’t in a good mood for most of the night, thank God it got better. Basically there was a new server...

anyatbirecovery
Dec 21, 20222 min read
1 view
0 comments


Fogo with Christina
Dec. 19, 2022: Well today was nice. I had a decent night. I also talked to a new server who I didn’t know before. She didn’t even have...

anyatbirecovery
Dec 21, 20222 min read
1 view
0 comments


Fogo with Ronald and Lea
Dec. 18, 2022: Well today was horrible. I was so depressed the entire day. Honestly just the brain injury, and I’m having a hard time...

anyatbirecovery
Dec 19, 20222 min read
7 views
0 comments


Gay 90s
Dec. 16, 2022: Well I had an amazing time last night. Thank god David was able to take me home. The first photo is from when I was...

anyatbirecovery
Dec 18, 20222 min read
5 views
0 comments


Papa License Celebration
Dec. 15, 2022: Well today was kind of fine. This morning I went to the dentist. It was pretty early. It was located right by where...

anyatbirecovery
Dec 17, 20221 min read
2 views
0 comments


Caroline at Sister Sludge
Dec. 14, 2022: God damn it I did not have a good day today. Just in a bad mood because of the mistake yesterday. And it sucks because I...

anyatbirecovery
Dec 14, 20222 min read
20 views
0 comments


Fogo with Trevor, Suheily and New Car
Dec. 13, 2022: Well today I got my new car. It’s green. Papa picked me up from Sabathani and told me I’d have a hard time finding the...

anyatbirecovery
Dec 14, 20223 min read
15 views
0 comments


Fogo with Isa, Willow, Trevor
Dec. 12, 2022: I told Mike and Greg and Sherry at Sabathani that I saw boxes on the ground at Fogo and felt the urge to break them down...

anyatbirecovery
Dec 14, 20222 min read
6 views
0 comments


Fogo with Lea, Genesis, Isa and New Car
Dec. 11, 2022: I don’t know if I had a good day today or not. Well in the morning mom came over and made me clean, which wasn’t super...

anyatbirecovery
Dec 12, 20222 min read
7 views
0 comments


Fogo with Lea, Alexander, Johnny, Trevor, Manuel and Nova mock trial
Dec. 10, 2022: God I had a good night today. I don’t even know how I’m gonna arrange the photos. there were 189 for brunch today and I’m...

anyatbirecovery
Dec 12, 20222 min read
3 views
0 comments


Aida and Fogo with Israel and Genesis
Dec. 9, 2022: Well today I passed my driver’s assessment. That is the big news. I took a selfie with Aida the person who was assessing...

anyatbirecovery
Dec 12, 20222 min read
3 views
0 comments


Trevor and Sherri and Family
Dec. 8, 2022: Well I had another good night tonight. Today I worked at Sabathani with only Sherri which I thought would be awful but I...

anyatbirecovery
Dec 10, 20222 min read
10 views
0 comments


Aida and Fogo with Israel and Genesis
Dec. 9, 2022: Well today I passed my driver’s assessment. That is the big news. I took a selfie with Aida the person who was assessing...

anyatbirecovery
Dec 10, 20222 min read
4 views
0 comments


Alex, Ezra, Mattie, Liam
Dec. 7, 2022: Tonight was a good night, no two ways about it. I was with Liam and then we picked up Ezra and Mattie, whose name I learned...

anyatbirecovery
Dec 8, 20222 min read
5 views
0 comments


Fogo with El and Ben
Dec. 6, 2022: I had a pretty good night again tonight. The only bad thing that happened is I lost my notes about three quarters of the...

anyatbirecovery
Dec 7, 20222 min read
1 view
0 comments


Fogo with Htee and Suheily
Dec. 5, 2022: Well I had a good night tonight. I kind of thought when I started that every night at Fogo would be as good as tonight....

anyatbirecovery
Dec 6, 20222 min read
1 view
0 comments


Fogo with Diego B.
Dec. 4, 2022: Well today something really cool happened. A guy who I knew from Valleyfair came in with his wife and their kids. I didn’t...

anyatbirecovery
Dec 6, 20221 min read
1 view
0 comments


Fogo with Alex, Brenda, Lea
Dec. 3, 2022: Well so much happened today. I’m gonna take a shower before I write it all. Just did. Got 22,004 steps today. I clocked in...

anyatbirecovery
Dec 6, 20222 min read
1 view
0 comments


Fogo with Salima, Genesis, Israel
Dec. 2, 2022: Well tonight I started the night in a terrible mood because of the neuropsych assessment. Honestly I don’t really wanna...

anyatbirecovery
Dec 6, 20222 min read
1 view
0 comments


Nathan and mock trial
Dec. 1, 2022: Well today Nathan had an interview for a part time job at a grocery store. He didn’t get the job. Said that it turned out...

anyatbirecovery
Dec 1, 20222 min read
2 views
0 comments
bottom of page