HITCH YOUR WAGON TO A SHOOTING STAR
The True Story of a Successful Survivor after Severe Brain Injury
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HITCH YOUR WAGON TO A SHOOTING STAR is a self-help book for ALL brain injury survivors. The book is a woman's story who survived severe brain injury and how she has come full circle in her recovery taking back her quality of life. It offers tips to the survivor, family, friends, caregivers, and the professionals in the field to better understand the needs of the survivor to help them in their recovery. She returned to college, obtained her Master's degree and is now a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor advocating for continued physical and cognitive therapy for all brain injury survivors, with special attention given to our military men and women returning from war.
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Recent data shows that, on average, approximately 1.7 million people sustain some form of brain injury that disrupts the normal function of the brain. Each year, injuries contribute to a substantial number of deaths and causes permanent disability, if too severe. HITCH YOUR WAGON TO A SHOOTING STAR is a self-help book for all survivors of brain injuries (slight or severe) to help them put their lives back on track.
The book tells a survivor's true story of how she came full circle in her recovery after having a brain aneurysm, coupled with spinal meningitis acquired in the hospital, which left her paralyzed on one side with the loss of many cognitive abilities. She tells how she has coped with the aftermath of losing aptitudes and abilities and becoming a person with a disability.
She returned to college, received her Master's Degree, and is now a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor, dedicated to helping other survivors.
About the Author
Nancy Lee Parker was born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She worked in the business world for over 20 years as an executive assistant working in Tulsa, OK, San Francisco, CA, and Dallas. TX. She worked for a chemical company, two universities, several advertising agencies, an actuarial consulting firm, and a nation-wide computer company. She has remained single, is independent, and enjoyed her lifestyle until it was taken away by a severe brain injury. She fought to gain it back, which she has accomplished. Now being a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor, she continues to advocate for continued physical and cognitive therapy of ALL survivors. Emphasizing that the transition period after brain trauma is critical for survivors to take back control of their lives.