TIMELINE
TIMELINE
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Listed below are bookmarks of my experience with concussion that I remember or that have been relayed back to me.
Ran into a GLASS door. That ricochet was deafening.
4th Grade, 8/9 y.o.
1st Grade, ~6 y.o.
Ran around a corner straight into a fifth grader. She looked unfazed as I found myself on the ground.
Felt like my teacher was angry with me when I asked to go back to the nurse since my head hadn’t stopped hurting. My grandpa picked me up from school. I had a huge bump on my forehead.
A couple of collisions with teammates.
4/19/16, 12 y.o. At bat--got hit in the forearm that bounced into my jaw.
Rec ball,
8-12 y.o.
Summer
12 y.o.
Car accident @ States (All-Star softball tournament).
Never sit crisscross in a car--jacked up my back.
I didn’t get to play that weekend.
9th Grade Nov 2017 13 or 14 y.o.
Freak accident: knee to the face during Field Hockey practice, near end of day.
Manifested three days after hit. Lasted eight weeks. Worried everyone (not me) that I might have to redo freshman year.
June 16, 2018 14 y.o.
Second practice back to Travel Ball. 10 minutes left of practice.
Understood the play. Brain glitched. Couldn’t see teammate nor the ball she threw from less than 60 feet away at over 45 mph.
fell in love with reading
First On-Record Concussion
Second On-Record Concussion
10th grade Aug 27, 2018 14 y.o.
Sub-Concussive Hit
Field Hockey practice: goalie hit the ball down, found the top of my head.
Confidence plummeted the rest of the season.
10th grade Feb 2019, 15 y.o.
Daily headaches began.
Start of doctor’s appointments.
Stopped playing winter field hockey.
SUMMER of medication
FALL & WINTER
AP Art Portfolio dedicated to headaches.
Pandemic = stopped therapies and appointments
of needles, magnets, PT, biofeedback
March 2020 16 y.o.
3 in 3 months
Senior Year, ‘20-’21
Junior Year, ‘19-’20
AP Art Portfolio dedicated to headaches.
Car accident.
First chiropractic appointment.
Now I see her every 1-2 weeks.
July 2022
Summer 2022, 18 y.o.
Started Mother Web!
Jan 2024
Dedicated to Concussion Blog
2023
Return to doctors. Re-test + new tests
—> nothing new or out of the ordinary…
As of Feb 28, 2025 <3
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