by Marie Beattie | Dec 31, 2012 | Archives
Hi Everyone, New Year’s Eve gives us permission to look at the future. It’s a night for planning. It stirs hope, anticipation, excitement, surprise, adventure, joy and allows us to wish for what ever we want. It’s a night to dream big! New Years day the work begins to...
by Marie Beattie | Dec 28, 2012 | Archives
Hi Everyone, One of my close friends sent me one sentence today ~ two steps forward and one back is still one step forward. I have been repeating this sentence to myself all day as I try to regain perspective on where we are, where we were and where we want to go. I...
by Marie Beattie | Dec 27, 2012 | Archives
Hi Everyone, There is an emotional piece to TBI that consistently surprises me. Our daily ritual is regimented by an alarm clock, Morning medication, breakfast, exercise sessions, lunch/nap, afternoon medication, exercise sessions, dinner, evening medication, spa...
by Marie Beattie | Dec 26, 2012 | Archives
Hi Everyone, The holiday break validates our mission to maintain the acute level of rehabilitation. The level of care for an inpatient stay is 18 hours weekly. When we moved home, we fought for 15 hours of therapy which we received from our school district and private...
by Marie Beattie | Dec 24, 2012 | Archives
Hi Everyone, In past entries I’ve mentioned Corey’s childhood friend Selina. They met in Kindergarten and have remained close friends. Selina’s parents, Paul and Lisa, “adopted” Corey years ago. Paul always reminded Corey of her Uncle Tom (which meant Paul would...
