City/State: Chattanooga

Brain Injury: I was a hard-working single mom who thought she was fighting a major sinus infection who later sustained a major brain injury bleed causing a stroke.  I refused to let my son take me to the hospital while in the meantime my headache and functional abilities declined rapidly.

Explanation of Mask: I chose Alice in Wonderland because my adventure was also unplanned and nonsensical with an unlikely cast of characters.  I am now 15 months into my adventure and I am beginning to see light at the end of the tunnel.  I have learned not to label brain injury.  There are too many different kinds and each person presents differently.  This project will hopefully make others come to understand that as well.