Posted in Patient Stories, spinal cord injury on Feb 11th, 2012
After suffering a spinal cord injury from a snowmobile accident, Dan Bolhouse closed the door to negativity. Dan had been snowmobiling since he was a child. While on a trip with his buddies in 1999, he took an unexpected sharp turn too fast and crashed straight into a tree. He devastatingly injured the T7 vertebrae [...]
Posted in Patient Stories, spinal cord injury, Water Therapy on Jan 13th, 2012
by Coertney Vanderhill Blog manager’s note: While the blog post below about Matthew Sexton gives an overview of his accident and rehabilitation, I recommend you head straight to Matthew’s personal blog for a candid and poignant accounting of his accident and recovery. Matthew Sexton was riding his motorcycle on his way to work early one [...]
Posted in cerebral palsy, Outpatient Rehabilitation, Patient Stories, Pediatric Rehabilitation on Dec 16th, 2011
By Mary Free Bed writer, Molly Cartwright Thirteen-year-old Kordell Rodrigues has cerebral palsy. Seven years ago, he suffered from such severe spasticity that his body was like a stiff board, according to his grandmother, Debra Rodrigues. Doctors recommended that Kordell have a baclofen pump surgically implanted into his abdomen to alleviate his spasticity. Debra said [...]
Posted in Patient Stories on Dec 8th, 2011
by Chris Lewis As a full-time social worker, Nicky Lewis has always placed the interests of others well before her own, grateful for the opportunity to regularly improve her patients’ lives. Ironically, when diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) this past April, she suddenly became a patient herself. Before her diagnosis, Nicky had experienced an array of [...]
Posted in feeding, Patient Stories on Nov 28th, 2011
by Molly Cartwright Like many kids, Cerelle is a bit of a picky eater. She loves to eat cake and ice cream, but won’t eat salty foods, such as French fries. For Lynn and Pat Pohl, Cerelle’s parents, the fact she wants to eat at all is something to celebrate. For the past 4 years [...]
Posted in Patient Stories, spinal cord injury on Nov 17th, 2011
by Chris Lewis As a Michigan native, Geoff Newmyer, along with a majority of his friends and family members, has been actively hunting since he was a child. “My dad and uncles were avid hunters,” Geoff said. “As I grew up, I always looked forward to hunting with my dad.” Geoff has been hunting on [...]
Posted in Patient Stories, spinal cord injury on Oct 6th, 2011
by Chris Lewis For as long as he can remember, Gale Lynch has been passionate about the outdoors – and hunting. At the age of eight he began to accompany his father during fall and winter deer hunts, as the two regularly searched for trophy bucks. He soon found himself shooting at tin cans with [...]
Posted in Outpatient Rehabilitation, Patient Stories, Pediatric Rehabilitation on Sep 8th, 2011
By Mary Free Bed writer, Molly Cartwright Emily Callahan, like any other 18-month old, likes playing with her stuffed animals. A year ago, however, her mother, Heather Callahan, was worried that Emily wasn’t showing signs of physical development. While babies normally start to crawl between the ages of 6 and 10 months, by the time [...]
Posted in Outpatient Rehabilitation, Patient Stories, Stroke Program on Sep 1st, 2011
By Mary Free Bed writer, Molly Cartwright After Larry Mennetti survived a hemorrhagic stroke, he didn’t want to waste any time getting better. Larry, however, wasn’t going to get better without a lot of hard work and determination. When he came to Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital, the entire right side of his body was [...]
Posted in Outpatient Rehabilitation, Patient Stories on Aug 13th, 2011
By Mary Free Bed writer, Molly Cartwright Jay Bessey, an over-the-road truck driver, is used to driving 45 weeks out of the year. So when injuries in 2009 and 2010 prevented him from working, Jay was restless. He wouldn’t accept that he would never be able to do his job again. In 2009, Jay was [...]
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