(Spectrum News 1) – Kate Berryan never left her daughter Hannah’s side after she was hit by a distracted driver in 2014. She credits first responders for reviving Hannah, who later spent four months in a coma. Her mother didn’t expect her to wake up.
“I was talking to her about a new red Chevy truck that was coming out,” Berryan said. “And at that exact moment, she woke up and the entire building at Helen Hayes [hospital] went crazy.” But then the hardest part began: Trying to find care for a traumatic brain injury, or TBI, close to home.
“I knew something wasn’t right,” Berryan said. “We were really advocating with OPWDD, which is the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities, and we weren’t getting anywhere. Nobody wanted to help us.” CONTINUE