WDBJ) – A Lynchburg woman is training for next month’s New York City Marathon, where she plans to run to raise awareness about brain injuries. When Julie Abbott was 19, she suffered a traumatic brain injury in a car accident.
She wanted to be able to give back to her community. “I went into this year knowing that I wanted to do something that wasn’t for me,” Abbott said. She said recovery from her brain injury has had its ups and downs.
“I feel like recovery isn’t linear with brain injury,” Abbott said. “I am in a place now where I am fairly functional, but still deal with a lot of symptoms that just come up day to day” CONTINUE