Our ever changing lives after TBI

Our story starts on November 23rd, 2015… My husband managed a retail outlet & punks arrived at the store. My husband had to call the police, as he was on the phone with the dispatcher one of them assaulted my husband causing him to fall backwards onto the pavement. It was described to me that his head bounced on the pavement like a football players bounced on turf except he had no helmet. He had a huge gash on the back of his head, brain bleed and the impact was so severe it caused a nose bleed and frontal lobe damage. Today he is a different man and our lives are forever changed. I’m thankful everyday he is here with us still. He’ll never be cleared to work again due to his compulsive behaviors and lack of control for his temper now and other cognitive deficiencies . I do what I can and put my family first. I have 2 daughter’s from my 1st marriage with us, 1 is a junior in college the other a junior in high school, our dynamics are stressful to say the least. But I am so blessed as we navigate days and challenges each day. I go to work and I worry about what’s happening at home but I have my faith and trust in God above in all things. I trying to petition for an early warning identification to be added to photo ID’s to help our loved ones when we/they travel. My husband recently exploded on an innocent steward as we were flying home and I’m just thankful we didn’t get a visit from an air Marshall. Everyone has to present a photo ID for most public travel scenarios, we need a medical symbol added to photo ID’s that would prompt officials to ask what the medical need is so they can be prepared for a TBI outburst, like they would for an allergy, autism, or other medical concerns. Stress brings out an outburst so early seating on a plane could help too. I’m in the process of creating this program, feel free to share your thoughts, inputs or ideas with me. Since a child I’ve always believed there are no problems, only solutions waiting to be found. Jenn