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

Friday, January 3: High fevers, hanging out at the house
Friday, January 3rd: Selfies, breakfast with Papa and Miguel, wordle games For breakfast: I had my usual: pancakes with bacon, jello. To...
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Jan 51 min read
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Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025: Selfies with Talia and Miguel, and then dinner out at a restaurant
Thursday, January 2, 2025 Selfies with Talia and Miguel, and dinner with Miguel, Bill, Jodi, Papa This day I had therapy with both...
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Jan 51 min read
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Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025: Discharged from Mayo!
Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025 a single shot of me in the hospital, and me eating my medication-compliant dinner at home with Papa and Miguel...
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Jan 51 min read
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12.31.24: Still at Mayo, and a puzzle excursion
December, 31st, 2024 the puzzles we broke and started to put together Nails the volunteer did, and wondering the halls of the 6th floor...
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Dec 31, 20242 min read
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12.29.24 More hospital staying
Selfie with mom, Snapchat sent to Miguel, ¿unsure?, Christmas Wreath Selfie In the morning today, I took one photo with mom while some...
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Dec 29, 20241 min read
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12.27.24: Hanging out, and a lot of sleeping
On Friday, we ate our normal morning breakfast, which was pancakes and syrup, which Papa made for us. Later on, I had a virtual...
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Dec 28, 20241 min read
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12.28.24: Mayo Clinic in action
Saturday. Dec. 28, 2024 Picture of me in one of my hospital beds On Saturday, I woke up throwing up. and then we went down to Mayo. I was...
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Dec 28, 20241 min read
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12.26.24: Playing old and new games
Thursday, December 26th, 2024 Miguel and I played games (we tried a couple of the new games, including King-domino, but we didn’t like...
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Dec 27, 20241 min read
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12.25.24: Another Christmas celebration with my family
Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024 Well, for the 25th, we sat around with some family members, including my dad and Talia, and we went around and...
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Dec 27, 20241 min read
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Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024: Christmas dinner, talking, some presents
Various stages of us eating our Christmas meal and socializing, here. Well, here we had our family dinner for Christmas, and two of my...
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Dec 25, 20241 min read
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Monday, Dec. 23, 2024.2: Spanish Meetup and blood draw
Diciembre 23, 2024 Greta and Night meds at 8:59 pm To start off with, I’ll continue from where I left off in my other attempt at writing...
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Dec 24, 20241 min read
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Monday, Dec. 23, 2024: Discharged, but still not feeling great
December 23, 2024 Selfies and breakfast with meds I skipped a couple days of my diary here because I wasn't feeling great and was really...
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Dec 23, 20241 min read
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Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2024: Tacos El Kevin trip
December 12, 2024: We stopped by Tacos El Kevin, and I got something with a lot of rice, while my dad got some quesadillas, and I also...
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Dec 17, 20241 min read
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12.17.24 Mayo Clinic excitement plus walk
December 17, 2024 Selfies with mom, Jesus, and wreaths. To start with, I had pancakes with bananas for breakfast. Then, had to fast for...
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Dec 17, 20241 min read
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12.16.24: Surprise trip to Mayo Clinic
Monday, Dec. 16, 2024 Selfie, goodbye note, Mayo Clinic admission drive to Rochester. Alright, so first things first, I took a selfie in...
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Dec 17, 20241 min read
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12.04.24: Poke with Jodi, and Oliver pictures with Papa
Wednesday, Dec. 4: Well, on this fourth day of December, I did a morning workout with Bernie and Neil, and also learned that the two of...
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Dec 11, 20241 min read
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Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024: Methodist, grandma, and Spanish meetup
December 12, 2024 Methodist, Grandma, and Francisco with Miguel! Again, for my morning meds I had like three pieces of bacon, and toast...
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Dec 11, 20241 min read
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Sunday, Dec. 8th: Chilling with Miguel and napping!
Dec. 8, 2024: Chilling with Miguel, watching movies, and taking a nap! To begin with, I had a high fever overnight. It was 103 at its...
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Dec 11, 20241 min read
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Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024: Selfies and acupuncture
LDecember 11th, 2024 Selfies before my acupuncture session, and acupuncture in action! Again, for my morning meds I had like three pieces...
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Dec 11, 20241 min read
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Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024: Methodist, grandma, and Spanish Meetup
I kind of wrote this yesterday, but I wanted to look over it one more time before publishing (adding this note on the 11th lol) Methodist...
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Dec 11, 20241 min read
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