Traumatic brain injuries affect thousands of people, from soldiers returning from war to victims of catastrophic accidents. Furthermore, recovery from TBI is very difficult, as is the adjustment to life afterwards. Getting accustomed to a new life with a brain injury is difficult for both the victim as well as for their support system: the person looks O.K., no major body parts are missing…. So, why is everything so different? This book will be helpful to people who are dealing with brain injury, either personally or as a supporter. This compelling story will provide an interesting perspective because parts of my medical team, my mother, and my friends contribute to the book: they tell the parts of the story that I can’t tell, highlighting the network that makes the story possible. Like any major medical event, a brain injury happens to a family, not to an individual. For this reason, contributions from my friends and family are an important element of this book.
I had so much fun over the years working with Evan Sweeney on this project. He’s been my friend since we were kids, and he knows the story as well as I do. Evan had an article published in support of this project in Brandeis Magazine, available here, A Small Miracle.
