Concussion Is Brain Injury

Brain Storm is the story of Bruce and Laura Allen who, when confronted with the immeasurable challenges of brain injury, found courage, determination, and strength from God to forge through the seemingly insurmountable obstacles of Bruce?s intense and often heartbreaking recovery. The overwhelming struggles that consumed the next year changed their lives forever. Brain Storm views these incredible hurdles through the separate eyes of both the survivor and the caregiver. It recounts how God miraculously led them through each step of the journey. This candid, intimate, and often humorous approach to recovery from brain injury will encourage and inspire readers?especially those who are currently traveling a similar path. You will learn why Bruce decided, ?This has been the best year of my life.?

?Brain Storm is not just the story of a man?s experience recovering from brain injury, but it is also one of loss, grief, acceptance, and transcendence to find one?s purpose in life. This is a true testament to how fragile our lives are and how resilient we can be in the face of adversity. Bruce?s story is an inspiration to me, his physician and friend, and will be to you as well.?
?Darryl L. Kaelin, MD

?Bruce and Laura Allen have allowed us to journey with them in their remarkable, honest, painful, and miraculous story of faith, hope, and love. This is a must-read for anyone walking through extended physical suffering either as a patient, caregiver, or family member. You will laugh, cry, and rejoice?but most of all you will experience God.?
?Dr. Mark L. Walker

More fascinating and harrowing accounts of the volunteer professionals who risk their lives to help those in desperate need.

Praise for the second edition:

"Direct and evocative, this well-written book pushes readers to the edge of a world of grueling realities not known by most Americans."
-- Choice

Doctors Without Borders (aka Medecins Sans Frontieres, or MSF) was founded in 1971 by rebellious French doctors. It is arguably the most respected humanitarian organization in the world, delivering emergency aid to victims of armed conflict, epidemics and natural disasters as well as to many others who lack reliable health care.

Dan Bortolotti follows the volunteers at the forefront of this organization and its work, who daily risk their lives to perform surgery, establish or rehabilitate hospitals and clinics, run nutrition and sanitation programs, and train local medical personnel. These volunteer professionals:

• Perform emergency surgery in war-torn regions of Africa, Asia and elsewhere
  
• Treat the homeless in the streets of Europe
  
• Honor cultural customs and understand societal differences that affect health care
  
• Witness and report the genocidal atrocities so often missed by mainstream media

This new and revised third edition includes updates and new inside stories from recent relief operations, and it covers changes within the organization, such as its new emphasis on nutrition. There are also many new and revealing color photographs and insights gained from the author's 2009 trip to Haiti, where he found three different arms of MSF operating in dire conditions.

Hope in Hell is a widely acclaimed portrait of a renowned Nobel-winning humanitarian organization, revealing how Doctors Without Borders provides immediate and outstanding medical care.

"...the right amount of both woven and layered with crime, passion, desperate choices... fast paced and impossible to put down..." Catherine Whelan Costen (Author/Publisher/Internet Radio Show Host/producer)

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She was kidnapped not once but twice and now someone wants her dead because of it...

Her life was a lie!

Bailey knew her upbringing wasn’t normal but she’s worked hard to stabilize her life. At 29, she finally has a good business, a stable home; her life is miles from that of her childhood. Then suddenly her mother dies, leaving a gaping hole and a discovery that they may not even be related. If Guy, the private investigator is to be believed, her life is a lie. Using the skills she learned on the streets, Bailey travels back through a sketchy and dangerous past, to find answers. Dodging bullets, staying ahead of those who want her dead and convincing Guy she can do it alone, are making it difficult to discover not only the secrets of her mother’s past but that of a family claiming she is theirs.

Everyone seems to have a story... but who’s telling the truth? And who wants her dead? Is Guy part of the solution? Or part of the problem? To discover the facts, she’ll have to untangle a web of deceit, lies, and secrets, dating back over thirty years.

But will she do it in time....

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Bailey stopped listening. Her life had gone to hell and she didn’t know how to make it stop. It seemed the nightmare of having to flee, to always be on the lookout, the horrors of her childhood, weren’t over yet. There always seemed to be a price to pay. She thought about that for a while.

Is there always going to be someone after me? Someone who wants to right some wrong just because I was born?

A movie she’d seen many years before popped into her head. She wasn’t totally sure of the name, Seventh Sign or something like that. But she remembered it was about a baby about to be born who was the Devil’s child. Lowering her head to her bent knees, she wondered if that child was her.