Author: dawncorbelli

Years ago, now, Veronica was horribly sexually taken advantage of, twice. I hate to use the word rape, but that is exactly what it was. In the beginning after Veronica’s severe traumatic brain injury, she became very sexually oriented. The doctors told us that was a normal condition for many having brain injuries. We said,… Continue reading Taken Advantage of

The day we went to court to get guardianship of our precious Veronica is a very memorable one, in a good way. The main reason we needed to do this is because she was contemplating running off to another state to marry her boyfriend that did not want us in her life. They planned on… Continue reading I Object

February 13, 2023, was our family’s 15th anniversary of the day our lives changed forever. This date is otherwise known as our Rebirthday, or our Brainaversary, as it’s called in the brain injured world. The day we lived. That is the day Veronica and I sustained our brain injuries. Your life before, your personality before,… Continue reading Our Rebirthday

My mind still often drifts momentarily to our past. The truth is, there are people that say, it has been so many years now, aren’t you past it? There is no getting over a brain injury. It lasts forever. We were watching a movie about a man who committed suicide and listening to his mother… Continue reading My Mind Still Drifts

If you speak to a doctor, he or she will tell you the most progress a brain injury patient will make is between the first 3 to 12 months post injury.  An article titled, Traumatic brain injuries: the long road to recovery munley.com states that brain injury recovery time can take from a few weeks… Continue reading And Still She Grows