(FOX 9) – A brain injury survivor’s decade-long fight to reclaim her life is now being celebrated at one of Minnesota’s biggest events for the brain injury community. Sharonda Hopkins was 33-years-old when high blood pressure led to a severe brain bleed. She had a cerebral hemorrhage near the back of her brain, which affected her balance, vision and scent.
The rupture meant she had to relearn nearly everything, including how to balance, walk and think. She was discharged with a walker and pushed herself every day, sometimes falling and getting back up, using the walker when she needed it and setting it aside when she could. Hopkins is still in recovery. She gets up at 8 a.m., eats breakfast, rests, then exercises for 30 minutes to an hour a day using a small exercise room in her building. CONTINUE