Author: dawncorbelli

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

Sometimes we start things for one reason, and we continue for another. Veronica has a physical trainer at a gym near us. She originally began because a very unprofessional and unempathetic doctor told Veronica if she keeps going like she is she will weigh 400 pounds by the next year. “Get a trainer.” She said.… Continue reading Perseverance

Dawn Corbelli is a wife, mother, veteran, college graduate, and survivor of a traumatic brain injury. Her life was changed 14 years ago after getting into a car accident with her daughter, Veronica, who was just 15 years old at the time. Since their accident, Mrs. Corbelli has become a caregiver to Veronica and a… Continue reading An Interview with Dawn Corbelli: Coping with Traumatic Brain Injury