by Sandra Mitchell, Mary Free Bed web specialist & blog manager This post originally appeared on www.GrandRapidsSocialDiary.com. Stories I hear at my job at Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital are inspiring, often dramatic, and nearly always heartrending. As part of the marketing team at Mary Free Bed, I’ve heard, written, and read many stories from [...]

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by Jess Venlet, Mary Free Bed writer Mary Free Bed launched a new advertising campaign June 1. This post is the first in a series of the rehabilitation and recovery stories of all the real Mary Free Bed patients featured in our new commercials and billboards. Just moments after I say, “Thank you, Maria. Bye.” [...]

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Kari, 24, sustained a spinal cord injury in an auto accident at the C6-C6 level (tetraplegia). Initially, Kari was placed in a halo, then in a cervical collar. An inpatient at Mary Free Bed for 4.5 months, Kari continues her physical and occupational therapy as an outpatient 3 days a week. In the video, Kari [...]

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Mary Free Bed launched a new advertising campaign and a new website this week! Stay tuned this month as we tell the rehabilitation and recovery stories of all the real Mary Free Bed patients featured in our new commercials and billboards. View the new Mary Free Bed commercials on our new website >

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Over the past 6 months Mary Free Bed has been lucky enough to have a team of  hairstylists come in on a rotating basis to volunteer their time and talents to patients.  They do a fantastic job at both hair and lifting the spirits of patients. “My daughter was in therapy at MFB when she [...]

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