Did you read about the Florida mom who's put her mind to helping other families of brain injury victims by making their stay in the trauma center just a bit more comfortable? Tracy Porter, whose 16-year-old son was brain injured in a car accident, spent long hours in a trauma center, without a change of clothing, cold and uncomfortable for five days while her son was there. Now she has created a company, Mothers Against Brain Injury, Inc. that packs totebags filled with blanket, pillow, snacks and basic amenities that are given to other brain injury families when they find themselves in the trauma center.

Sometimes I'm surprised when the caregiver of an Alzheimer's patient tells me that only another Alzheimer's caregiver can understand how difficult it is to care for his or her family member. A social worker once asked, doubtfully, if I would be comfortable speaking to the problems of stroke patient caregivers, since my husband was brain-injured rather than suffering from the impacts of a stroke. These other disabling diseases or disorders are forms of brain injuries aren't they? Have you ever known a brain injury that's the same as any other? They're all different and yet all the same.