Author: dawncorbelli

If you can’t laugh, you’ll drive yourself crazy. In this situation, I had to wait a couple weeks before I could find the humor. Like me, Veronica has a fire in her to educate everyone we can about brain injuries. It is our purpose now. She emailed the local news station and explained some of… Continue reading The Good, the Bad, and the Funny

As a caregiver, you are privy to a lot of surprises. In the beginning, Veronica did unexpected things, but Lord, I was happy she could do them at all. She was a soft-spoken 15-year-old before her severe traumatic brain injury. She went through about 2 months in the hospital where doctors didn’t know if she… Continue reading Survivors Can be Shocking

Perhaps you have thought about getting a dog to help you, but, like me, did not know the difference between a service dog, support dog, or a protection dog. Let me define them for you. A Service Dog is a dog of any breed, and individually trained to do work, or perform tasks for a… Continue reading Dogs for Disabilities

The frontal lobe also controls executive function, which regulates brain activity for tasks like cognition, time management, attention span and focus, planning and organization, memory recall, inhibition control, multitasking, and interpretation of experience. When executive function is impaired, behavior becomes erratic. Lack of control affects patients’ ability to function in daily activities such as going… Continue reading Out of My Control

It’s good to face painful memories head on. In the end, it gives you power over them. And what a good feeling that is. Power over fear. I’ll take it every time. As you may know by now, Veronica has a severe traumatic brain injury and I have a moderate tbi. We are 15 yrs… Continue reading Power Over Fear