40 & Counting: How I Overcame A Traumatic Brain Injury
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What if I told you that at 12 years old, you are going to be involved in a car wreck caused by a drunk driver? What if I told you that after the final moments in that car wreck, your mother and yourself was unconscious? What if I told you that it took weeks before they came back to the living? What if I told you that your six-year-old little brother was in that same car wreck and was the only one awake and had to tell the authorities who to contact? Well, I am here to tell you today, that this story is very real and it's about me.
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