Month: January 2015

On November 26, 2011, She got a call that Jimmy had been assaulted and left for dead in the street. He lay dying for 4 hours before being rushed to the hospital for treatment of not just multiple facial fractures, but serious and critical injury TBI. That was just the beginning…

Janene Mayberry has faced a series of events that no parent or loved one should have to consider. Good intentions and love, can’t always solve the unthinkable. Her son Jimmy sustained a severe brain injury. After living in a rehab facility, Janene wanted to bring him home for care, but Jimmy’s needs presented in a way that eventually made that option impossible. The spectrum of feelings that she’s had to face behind the difficult choices, would bring anyone to their knees. Listen as she shares her heart wrenching story of love and adaptation.

Join me after Kevin’s show for some night owl action, with open chat and great tunes!Bring your bad self and share what’s on your mind, or just listen to some great Indies.

Holly Willard is a psychotherapist at Wasatch Family Therapy and director of their Davis County Office. She also works as a school counselor and an adjunct professor for Westminster College and University Of Utah. She completed her Masters in Social Work from the University of Utah in 2000. Holly Willard has extensive background working with children, teens and families with trauma. In that, she works heavily with the issue of health boundaries in relationships. Holly is a contributor to local television news and on the Utah Play Therapy Board. For information on Holly see; www.wasatchfamilytherapy.com

Join us tonight for music and open mic! Sorry we’re late. Misplaced our host. 🙂 Come along, have some fun .. Or Not.

Julie Breitenstein speaks on her son Austin’s behalf, due to the severity of his TBI. Austin was in a Texting and Driving Crash. He sustained multiple injuries, the worst was his Traumatic Brain Injury. They’ve lived this nightmare for 5 years now, and are blessed he survived. Julie and Austin have been speaking around the country on the consequences of texting and driving.

No matter the Text, it’s not worth someone’s life or injury. If you must take a phone call or answer a text, don’t pull over on the shoulder of the highway, move your vehicle completely out of other vehicles line of vision. Officers are putting their lives on the line to keep you safe. Data shows people are drawn to the flashing lights.

Think about this; your distracted or your texting and driving, you hit a vehicle, and you severely injure someone else, yourself, or cause a fatality. Those are people in those cars; sons and daughters, parents and grandparents, friends and neighbors. When you create a health and possible life and death situation from a message you think can’t wait. Think again.

Fifteen years ago Phil White couldn’t use a fork or even speak after having emerged from a heroin overdose induced coma. When he awoke, it was discovered he had suffered catastrophic damage to his brain. But this month after years of rehabilitation, Phil has published his first book James Love the Destroyer. www.facebook.com/jameslovethedestroyer

Writing is a talent he has had since high school, but he feared it was lost after his drug overdose, which left him with severe nerve damage in his leg, memory problems, and difficulty following complex step-by-step tasks. He credits reading, writing, and strong family support with helping his brain heal.

“I think the brain can rewire itself and relearn to do things if rehabilitation trains new pathways to take shape to replace old ones. I want it to give hope to other brain injury patients that they can recover.”