Brain Injury

In 2002, while on a training run in Houston, Texas, with her husband, Raul, in preparation for the Marine Corps Marathon, author Kristin Abello was struck by a car. As a result, she sustained a traumatic brain injury and other physical traumas. The initial consensus was that she wasn’t going to survive. In Sunrise, she tells her story of faith, love, hope, and healing from TBI. While a love story, it is also the true story of her fight for survival. She and Raul were a young couple in love when the catastrophic car accident nearly pulled them apart.

Reveals the truth behind the controversial issue of vaccine-related injuries. Proponents declare that vaccines have saved millions of lives. Critics claim that the success is overstated and that vaccines may even be dangerous. Many consider mandatory vaccinations a violation of individual rights or religious principles. Many in public health argue that vaccine mandates are critical and justified and that antivaccination sentiment has resulted in outbreaks of preventable childhood illnesses.

What would you do if it happened to you? If you awoke one day when you were twelve years old to be informed that your life was suddenly over? Well . . . Here is what I did. If you became the wealthiest person you would ever know just three and a half years later? What would that be like? Well, this is what it was like when it happened to me.

Jamila Rizvi and Rosie Waterland have each suffered significant, debilitating brain injury – one through rare disease and the medical interventions that followed, the other through deep childhood trauma.

A short memoir packed with firsthand experience about a topic rarely discussed from the survivor's perspective, Beauty for Ashes: Memoir of a Traumatic Brain Injury Survivor shares my horrors and triumphs after sustaining a traumatic brain injury from a motor vehicle accident during the most promising part of my life. My goal is to support other trauma survivors, and those close to them, by discussing the ugly truths one can face with an injury that cannot be seen, yet is often misunderstood and underestimated.

Dr. B’s Concussion Breakthrough is an easy-to-understand and relatable guide to natural concussion recovery. With this book, you’ll learn the hidden connection between whiplash, neck injuries and post-concussion symptoms, how to minimize brain damage after a concussion, the best tools and strategies to aid your brain while healing, the best tools and strategies to aid your brain while healing, strategies to help suppress or eliminate post-concussion symptoms, the six food types you must avoid after a concussion, 14 supplements that can help with recovery, and more.

On an uncharacteristically warm February day in Texas, a young couple sets off in search of a new adventure. The quiet, isolated woods of the resort offer the perfect setting for a romantic weekend for two. They challenge each other to an ATV ride and start off energized, excited, and ready to explore. The adventure that follows, however, is not what they anticipated. After crossing several cattle guards successfully, Donna Valentino attempts to navigate another - only to crash into an almost invisible chain.

In Tell Me the Planets, Ben Platts-Mills tells stories about his work with survivors of brain injury, offering a rare glimpse into the world as seen through their eyes: charismatic Danny, whose criminal past has left him paralysed down one side, but who now helps others worse off than himself; Sid, whose memory for the present lasts only moments; and Liah, who is caught in a battle with the care system threatening to make her homeless.

One family’s ordeal becomes a journey of faith. “Lord, give Matt a road-to-Damascus experience, so he will come to know you.” This was the sincere prayer that Glen Robinson uttered on behalf of his son Matt – a young man whose life seemed to be heading in the wrong direction, away from the values he learned while growing up. Then came the phone call that is every parent’s worst nightmare. “Matt’s been in a terrible accident!” A high-speed collision on a Texas highway left Matt battered, bleeding, and unconscious. Devastated, Matt’s parents and sister struggled to grasp the...

CONCUSSIONS AND HOW I REDUCED MY SYMPTOMS After a seizure at 51 years old, I believed my 12 year pro football career was at least partially to blame. It sent me on a mission to determine what I could do to alleviate my symptoms and get my life back. This book is about what I personally did to help relieve my concussion symptoms. The book is NOT going to go into the specifics of the macroscopic or microscopic aspects of the cause of concussions. It IS, however, for those that want a simplified strategy to help reduce and/or eliminate the symptoms for THEIR SPECIFIC damage. You see, not all ...

From a probability of death or life in a vegetative state after a severe traumatic brain injury, Nicole used a negative prognosis as a powerful motivator to build a successful career as a rehabilitation counsellor. She is a living testament to how the strategies outlined in this book can work for you. Has a brain injury thrown your life into a cycle of chaos and frustration? Are you worried about the future for yourself or someone you care about because of the impact of a brain injury?

Isaac always knows the answer. Everything is easy for him. But when his dad falls off the roof, Isaac can't help. He can't fix his dad's brain, he can't fix how helpless his mom feels, and he can't stop making things worse. Isaac needs to learn to wait, and to accept life as it happens. That's not an easy thing for Isaac. This is a tough book, but it's appropriate for anyone of any age trying to deal with TBI or other catastrophic injuries.

In November of 1970, the Finell family's lives were changed forever by a family vacation to Acapulco. Seven-year-old Stephanie fell ill soon after their return to the United States, but her mother, Karin, thinking it was an intestinal disorder, kept her home from school for a few days. She was completely unprepared when Stephanie went into violent convulsions on a Friday morning. Following a series of tests at the hospital, doctors concluded she had contracted viral equine encephalitis while in Mexico.

When Sydney boxer Davey Browne died in 2015 after being knocked out in the final round of a title fight that he was about to win, boxing once again came under intense public scrutiny. For journalist Stephanie Convery, the story of that fatal fight raised questions she became determined to answer: who should be held accountable when someone dies in the ring? Did the actions of the referee, the ringside doctor, the combat sports inspectors, and the trainer affect what happened that night?

After a 2003 car accident, a family struggles as one member recovers from an eight-day coma to a rich and happy life, even with the new limits set on her. Watch her success and, perhaps, even see your family doing the same thing.