Tag: tbi
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More Answers, More Questions
My first thought when I saw Jeff’s SPECT scans was honestly, they look so pretty, which was very quickly followed by, “Okay, focus Ali. Don’t get distracted by the pretty colors.” But blue and green are my favorite colors, so I really didn’t stand much of a chance. I’ve restarted this post more times than…
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One Thing at a Time
I know I’ve been spending a lot of time looking backward around here. Meanwhile, life at the Baker house has very much kept moving. Things never really seem to slow down. Kids have their activities, I had a honey-do list waiting for Jeff, I started—and failed at—making a sourdough starter, and life has thrown in…
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Looking for More Answers
Finding ways to improve Jeff’s brain injury had never completely left our radar. We just didn’t really know what else to do. Through the years, the topic of HBOT (Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy) for brain injuries would come up, and we’d discuss it, but we didn’t know where—or how—he would do it. In many ways, it’s…
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Living With a TBI
After almost 14 years, it’s hard to separate Jeff’s brain injury from everyday life in our house. There are things we do because of his TBI that I don’t even think about anymore. We’ve adjusted routines, changed how we communicate, and learned what works and what doesn’t. Somewhere along the way, we just stopped thinking…
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Home
The waiting game continued, but this time we weren’t waiting for surgeries or a medical update. This time, we were waiting for Jeff to come home. Jeff spent December 5th through the 8th in Landstuhl before he was able to get on a flight home. He’d be coming home on a C-17 equipped like a…
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Hurry Up and Wait
I never went to sleep that night. I was exhausted, and this is where my memory of the days that followed starts getting a little foggy. I can remember the day before surprisingly well, but the timeline after that is harder to piece together. If there’s one phrase I heard often while Jeff was in…
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The Call
One of my best friends, Maddie, snapped this photo of me and my one-year-old daughter in the middle of trying to get pictures for our Christmas card. I had scooped her up and kissed the back of her head before making yet another attempt to put the bow back on. Every time I fixed it…
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Let’s Start at the Very Beginning
I said I wanted to share some of the past along the way, but figuring out where to begin is harder than I thought. Nearly 14 years have passed, and so much life has happened since then. We’re very much focused on where we are now and where we’re going, but so much of what’s…
