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February is National Recreation Therapy Month, and we are so grateful for our staff who incorporate fun and beloved hobbies into therapy. Recently, Rec Therapist Jessie Franks introduced 21-year-old stroke survivor Ke’Shon Henderson to wheelchair basketball and four-time Paralympian (and two-time world champion) Natalie Schneider.
While walking out of the 2023 Kansas State Fair, Kristen Musick and a few members of her family were hit by a car. “I pushed my husband and my grandson out of the way,” the 55-year-old from Hutchinson, Kansas, said. “That's what they tell me. I don’t remember the day.” Thanks to Kristen’s quick actions, her grandson and husband had relatively minor injuries. Conversely, Kristen sustained a traumatic brain injury. She came to Madonna Rehabilitation Hospitals’ specialized brain injury program, with the loving support of her entire family. Read more about how this heroic woman met each challenge in her rehabilitation journey with humor and determination.
In sports, you learn practice makes perfect, and that’s the mindset 20-year-old Dalton Hazlett applied to his rehabilitation journey at Madonna. After sustaining a severe brain injury and multiple fractures from an ATV accident, the former three-sport athlete from Pilot Grove, Missouri, displayed his strong character. And just like on the football field, Dalton didn’t face this fight alone. His mom, his care team, and community cheered him on every step of the way.
It takes everyone working together to help patients achieve their highest level of independence. Collaboration between physician-led Madonna care teams, the Institute for Rehabilitation Science and Engineering and the Hanger Clinic made the world more accessible for one injured worker through adaptive technology and a little creativity.
Brent and CoLynn Paprocki were excited to learn they would be new parents by the end of 2023. Then, in June, the unexpected happened again. Brent sustained a series of strokes that landed him in the hospital and in need of medical rehabilitation care. Learn more about the 43-year-old’s recovery at Madonna’s specialized stroke program now.
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