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41- Horsebacking Therapy
Who knew? Brianne's Dad grew up training horses and loved everything about them with the exception of having to clean stalls. It is where...
With love and thanks to Hilary Weeks for permission to use "Beautiful Heartbreak" ©2018 as it beautifully portrays Bri's Journey.
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- Mar 23, 2021
- 4 min
40-Hyperbaric Chamber
Do you or your loved one have a problem with short term memory, where something that happened a few minutes ago might be forgotten? For...
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- Jan 23, 2021
- 3 min
37- A clinic just for Neuro....YESSSSSS
Early on a good friend (thanks Nicole Soelberg:) text me the information on the Neuro Clinic and said that she felt prompted to share it...
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- Jan 20, 2021
- 4 min
36- More CAN be done....beyond what the doctors may project.
Remember that the doctors did not believe that much could be done to help Brianne excel beyond the first year or so and they also said...
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- Dec 18, 2020
- 3 min
34-Which home is she going to?
Here we are now... almost 4 years after bringing her home! Looking back to this pivotal moment where this one decision would most likely...
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- Dec 12, 2020
- 2 min
32-Let the holidays begin!
Holidays in a Rehab Center, what a luxurious experience, like an exotic vacation.... minus the vacation, freedom to go where you want,...
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- Sep 12, 2020
- 6 min
29-The magic continued!
Attitude is Everything
With the exception of our one week with Brianne and her family, we’ve mostly been sideline observers of Brianne’s jo
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- Sep 10, 2020
- 7 min
28-Behind the scenes from....
We’ll never forget the phone call when we learned about Brianne’s tumor and rapidly approaching brain surgery. It all happened so fast.
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- Aug 25, 2020
- 2 min
24-This was better than Christmas for Brianne!
"If this was my wife, I would have my kids here everyday because it is the BEST medicine!"
Truth! And now you can see how paramount this re
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#BecauseofBri
- Aug 22, 2020
- 3 min
23- Guess who came? Continued>>>
We tried for weeks to cap her trach and she just couldn't go for too long. It was frustrating.
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#BecauseofBri
- Aug 20, 2020
- 2 min
22-Guess who came?
Up to this point, it was rare for Brianne to show any facial expressions or emotion because of her paralysis. Her response says a lot about
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- Aug 11, 2020
- 3 min
21-Therapy, therapy, therapy!
Brianne's days were filled with all kinds of therapies, most of the time it was trying to recreate the learned memory of movement,
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- Jul 24, 2020
- 2 min
20-Can Dad's be Super Heros?
Guess who was finally back from China?!?! So grateful that Dale was back safely and able to continue this journey with us! Of course, the...
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- Jun 21, 2020
- 3 min
17-Can you be defiant when paralyzed?
How many people enjoy an extended stay in the ICU for a month? We do not recommend it, however, we are grateful for their help and support
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- May 29, 2020
- 1 min
15-Come on, just one little smile...
coming out of a coma is exponentially different than anything I imagined. Brianne still could only move a couple of fingers but trying to ge
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- May 23, 2020
- 3 min
12-Startling talk by the doctors at her bedside.
Most mornings walking into the hospital it felt like I was on autopilot, the same scenery, some of the same people, same path, same...
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- May 19, 2020
- 1 min
11-Grandparents and chocolate chip cookies
This gave me the opportunity to get much needed rest, sometimes she stayed late so I could go home by dinner rather than be there until way
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- May 12, 2020
- 2 min
10-"If this was my wife..."
Over the first couple of weeks (then on to the next month and a half,) we asked...we begged... and then... we asked again, for *Alex to come
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- May 12, 2020
- 2 min
9-First time to sit up!
she would finally get the tube out ...YAY! Although I never thought I would be excited about her getting a tracheotomy :)
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- Apr 30, 2020
- 2 min
7-Waking up from a coma doesn't look like the movies.
The only things that could keep my attention were studying the scriptures, this brought so much...
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