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


01.09.25: Food shelf photo shoot and Hannah meetup
Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 For breakfast: I had my usual: pancakes with bacon. To drink, I had tea. This day, I had two big activities. The...

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Jan 111 min read


01.08.25: Another trip to Mayo Clinic emergency room
Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025 On Wednesday, I threw up right away in the moring. I had thrown up a couple times yesterday night, too. My...

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Jan 111 min read


01.06.25: Blood draw and hanging out at house
Monday, January 6 blood draw and Miguel hanging out Writing this just from my photos. It looks like I just had a blood draw and hung out...

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Jan 101 min read


01.05.25: Lunch out at Heather's with mom and Deb
Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025 Breakfast was the usual, with Papa and Miguel as well, taking my meds at 9:25 am. Then, my mom came over, and we did...

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Jan 51 min read


Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025: Coffee shop and Miguel’s house
Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025 Miguel and I, and also his sister Nancy and his niece Celeste Breakfast was the usual, plus lots of photos at...

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Jan 51 min read


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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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