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#griefhealing

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The veil is thin ✨ . . . . . #lifeafterdeath #spirit #veilbetweenlifeanddeath #veilbetweentheworlds #spirits #afterlife #guardianangel #guardianangels #heaven #widow #widowlife #widowed #widowtalk #datingafterloss #datingafterdeath #loveafterloss #widowhood #youngwidow #soloparent #soloparenting #widowedmom #widowspeak #griefislove #griefhealing  #griefsupport #loveafterloss #policewife #thinblueline #leowife #lossofalovedone  created by Whitney Allen | Grief Coach 🖤 with Hollow Coves's Coastline
Before my late husband, Ryan, suffered an anoxic brain injury from going into cardiac arrest, I was naive to the insidious nature of brain injuries. The way brain injuries take hold of the essence of a soul and squeezes the life out of the person it inhabits—leaving them utterly and completely helpless and broken.

The hardest thing about seeing Ryan after his accident was the fact that I had loved and knew so intimately the man he was in the “before.” He went from being a strong, capable, intelligent, funny, and charismatic man and father to being more helpless than a baby in a matter of 20 minutes when his brain was deprived of oxygen.

No one can prepare you for how devastating it feels when you have to sit by the man that made sure you were safe and taken care of everyday for 10 years, and watch him become a shell of the man you once knew.

Toward the end of Ryan’s life, when he was still in rehab, I would hide in the bathroom when they changed his diaper or transferred him to his wheelchair. I was done seeing him not be the healthy, vibrant man I knew and I physically and emotionally couldn’t handle the sight anymore.

These are experiences I go into great detail about in my memoir, but I felt called due to recent current events, to bring to light how devastating brain injuries, specifically anoxic brain injuries can be, and how painful it can be for families caring for a loved one with a brain injury. I hope this brings some awareness to it as I was blissfully unaware prior to October 14, 2021.
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