3yrs; Day 1195 – Cooking with Corey + recipe
Hi Everyone, It's Marie tonight Corey and I both spent the day with our sisters. Diane is visiting this week to help us with the development of Corey's first book. We hope it will be useful for TBI families post acute inpatient stay. We have our title, chapter...
3yrs; Day 1194 – from Corey + recipe
hi everyone i have something new to say. my aunt diane is here from NY and while her and my mom were working i stood at the sink to prepare dinner for tonight. i prepped all the vegetables to roast. broccoli mushrooms onions string beans celery with balsamic...
3yrs; Day 1192 – YET
Hi Everyone, Corey has been struggling with her WHEN and WHY questions again. Unfortunately there are no answers except to remind her "this isn't forever it's just for now". A portion of today's motivational quote from Ralph Marston is on point for us; "You cannot...
3yrs; Day 1189 – from Corey
Hi Everyone, Yesterday, before the storm hit, we went to Philadelphia for an appointment with the seizure specialist. Corey had a seizure Thanksgiving Eve and has had smaller subsequent episodes since. This is not uncommon for many TBI survivors but none-the-less...
3yrs; 3 months – from Corey 2013 recap
Happy New Year everyone, Here is Corey's 2013 recap with a little message written by Corey to begin 2014, Cheers! Vision New glasses recognized numbers recognized letters recognized roads traveled ST/Cognitive began reading began writing and posting on carepage began...
3yrs; Day 1185 – new personal best 740′
Hi everyone, The year isn't over just yet....guess how far Corey walked today? ......... Ready? 520 feet from the Neuro Out Patient lobby through the back hall to the main gym ("the long way" as Corey says) then she Biked on the NuStep for 17 minutes then she walked...
3yrs; Day 1184 – Caregiver’s day-in-day-out
Hi Everyone, The energizer bunny ran out of battery power Friday. Not Corey ~ ME! I took advantage of our nursing coverage as well as Caitlin and Corey’s permission to rest and I slept for nearly 21 hours. Feeling recharged Saturday, the girls and I decided to go to...
3yrs; Day 1181 – from Corey
Hi Everyone, Corey was not happy about going to Bryn Mawr today and I knew today and Monday will be Insurance testing days (Corey's not the only one stressed)...but off we went for a session with Natalie. Corey arrived with a question prepared, "Natalie, how do you...
3yrs; Day 1179 – from Corey
Hi everyone it's corey before christmas I'd like to say how much it means to me. it's my favorite day of the year. I know that there are a lot of people who cannot leave their hospital room to be home with their family. christmas is one of the most touching days there...
3yrs; Day 1178 – from Corey; “note to self”
Hi everyone, I keep thinking about the meaning of Christmas; celebrating the birth of Christ. Then I think of Corey. She is working on her rebirth everyday. It may sound odd, 'rebirth', but in many ways that's what we experience. Her accident stripped her of...