The Brain Injury Recovery Foundation has been fundraising for four years to open up the Defy NeuroRehab center in Tulsa.
The non-profit was started by Chris Lieberman and his partner, Kim Hann, after Chris suffered a traumatic brain injury in 2016.
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After being told several times he wasn’t going to make it, Lieberman’s family found an activity-based care center in Dallas, Texas. His family drove there every weekend for treatment.
“I know from a fact, it’s a miracle I survived going through everything that I went through,” he said.
According to Tulsa County, about 4,000 people in Oklahoma suffer from traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) each year.
After all the ups and downs he and Kim experienced, they decided they wanted to help others so they wouldn’t have to make those long trips too…