Woman Publishes Her Story of Surviving a Traumatic Brain Injury
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January 17, 2010 (BrainandSpinalCord.org)
In 1990, a fateful bicycle ride in Saco, Maine, started off like any other, but eventually led to a traumatic brain injury that altered the life of Earlene "Kitty" Ahlquist Chadbourne.
Kitty lost many memories and the ability to perform skills she formerly executed with ease. After her accident, she didn’t even recognize her own husband, the homepage of the Parenting Myself Web site reported.
Kitty was inspired to write a book about her experience of relearning how to live life after a traumatic brain injury when she heard about the high number of soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan having endured similar head injuries.
An article published by Sanford News reported that Kitty's book "is being hailed by experts in the field of Traumatic Brain Injury as a resource for others with brain injuries, including more than 320,000 returning Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans and 123,000 civilian victims."
