April 6, 2025

Dear TeamToddTBI,

Happy Birthday to HRH. (My mother, Her Royal Highness ) HRH drove us to and from the 2025 BIAMd conference this year on both days. We did not stay in the hotel overnight as we have done in the past.

My social inabilities were made visible during the conference.

Here is a picture of the virtual flights I completed this week. “https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TNUP215qHgGq9BHORa_dShfO_3IyEEvd/view?usp=sharing” I did not fly for two consecutive days so I could attend the conference.

My favorite sister came home to Rockville on Friday.

I continue to improve my code for the blackjack game. At this point I am trying to show dealt cards to each player, card by card at pace so the end user could count them.

I also continue to study Roark’s calculations for “shells of revolution” to better understand the stresses and deformations of a grooved pipe.

Back in the days preceding my brain injury, code and complex calculations seemed to roll off my fingertips (Remember, my typing speed was over 100 words per minute then). Now, I think through every detail methodically and type only 20 words per minute. Even my side of the update was written hours before it was posted.

My favorite sister and I behaved well enough in church to merit waffles, today.

Hello TEAMTODD! Thank you for staying with us. WHEW!!! It has been a couple of busy days!!!

Todd and I attended the annual Brain Injury Conference, Thursday and Friday. This was our 10^th year of participating. USUALLY, we book a hotel for the first night. Libby could not join us as usual and Ted could not so Todd and I drove up and back both days. NOT fun on I 695, 70 at rush hour to and from… We may rethink this next year… (Think 7am-to 7 pm)

The conference is VERY informative about the latest findings/treatment for TBI. AND Breakout Sessions concerning various topics are VERY good. BUT, It is a lot of info to take in. There was a bit of a pall, a darkness, kinda of, as each speaker talked. Funding has been lost for most further research for many TBI studies. Remember those first 3-4 years Todd benefited by his visits to NIH as a part of their studies. During those years, Todd and I has access to so many professionals who were anxious to help and to LEARN from US. We benefited from their expertise.

I learned in a Caregivers support group, families who benefit from the TBI waifer, Medicare and other gov’t funded sources are wondering how they will manage. NOT EVERYONE has the support Todd does. Emerson Electric took care of Todd and sent Todd into recovery rehab with their blessings. Few TBI survivors have that support to push them through a successful recovery.

I come away from these sessions, especially those sessions designated “Care Givers Only” feeling VERY humbled. Dear Friends , HOW BLESSED, HOW FORTUNATE WE ARE to have YOU supporting us with your prayers, your Caminos, your thoughts, your good works. Not every TBI survivor has such a team supporting him/her!

St. Luigi, Pray for us.

Soon to be Saint , Carlo Acutis, pray for us.