3yrs; Day 1131 – from Corey; behavior
Hi Everyone it's Marie and Corey, Today was an interesting day. Moss Rehab has asked me to join their Brain Injury Advisory Board. The meetings are held the first Wednesday of each month. Fortunately, Wednesday is the day I have nursing coverage. Corey is home with...
3yrs; Day 1129 – from Corey TBI butterfly
Hi everyone this is corey i don't know about everyone else but i like wearing a lot of bangles on my wrists. maybe it has to do with my great aunt kay. she always has bangles on her arms. maybe its an inherited tendency to be crazy about bracelets but mostly bangles....
3yrs; 1 month – Advocacy
Hi Everyone, It's Monday. We are still in the Insurance boxing ring! The ignorance of the individuals that make determinations for a patients progress never ceases to surprise me. We; myself, the Bryn Mawr therapy team and case manager, have been presenting...
3yrs; Day 1125 – from Corey
trick or treat everyone! today was a special day. It happened to be Halloween. me and caitlin my sister dressed up for, oh you know, bryn mawr. we thought that every one would dress up and we were a little bit surprised that we were the only ones...that was not what...
3yrs; Day 1124 – from Corey
hello everyone, once again its corey i think that everyone has to have bad days and even when that happens, which is not often but happens to us all, me and my mom are there for each other through the good times and the bad. when i can turn the table and help mom,...
3yrs; Day 1123 – Caregiver’s Prayer
Hi Everyone, We've been on a run that is wearing on me. Yesterday's post highlighted a minute and twenty five seconds of hope, joy and rejuvenation. It was a minute and twenty five seconds within a 24 hour day. Sometimes that's all we get. Today we didn't receive our...
3yrs; Day 1153 – from Corey
Hi Everyone, Happy Thanksgiving! We are happy to be celebrating with our NY family this year. As Corey mentioned in a previous post, Uncle Tom and Aunt Marjy have a unique family tradition. They exchanged their dinner prayer for "thankfuls". Each person takes a turn...
3yrs; Day 1122 – Corey defines EMOTION words
Hi Everyone, Have you ever seen the plaque "Don't make me call the flying monkeys"? Today was one of those days... Bryn Mawr called to inform us that our insurance company had not evaluated Corey's progress notes sent in last week. The review awards us additional...
3yrs; Day 1118 – little Chef
Hi everyone, it’s Marie and Corey, Corey and Caitlin went to Bryn Mawr today. Corey had a busy eval day with Natalie. They had timed walking tests, sit/stand tests and as if that was not enough, she used the Lokomat without the motorized robot legs and then climbed...
3yrs; Day 1117 – presentation Corey’s speech
Hi Everyone, Our presentation went very well. In fact, we almost filled the main patient Dining Room. We opened with Corey’s Recovery Timeline Video which is very moving as you know. Many of the staff had not seen photographs of Corey prior to her accident....