from Caren

...and angels gather round about to protect the true at heart....

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"Over 52,000 people die from TBI in the United States each year and 275,000
are hospitalized. Many more are treated and released from hospital emergency
departments, seek care in a doctor’s offi ce, or do not seek care at all.1 Michigan
data show that each year about 12,000 Michiganders have a serious TBI - one
that leads to hospitalization and/or death.".....

"The brain is a very complex organ, and each injury is different. Therefore, the
path to recovery and rehabilitation is diffi cult to predict. The symptoms of TBI
may not be obvious at fi rst, especially when combined with serious physical
injuries. Outcomes can range from no apparent effect to severe impairment."...

Taken in part from Michigan.gov Resource Guide for Traumatic Brain Injury
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mdch/Michigan_Resource_Guide_V3_201402_7.pdf

(It's like someone stepped inside my body and my mind and wrote this for me and about me and for my family.....so many puzzle pieces fit together - this gives me hope - because someone somewhere knows what I am....what we are..... actually going through and understands)