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Teenager Saige Scheele loves playing softball and spending time with her horses. After a car crash led to a brain injury, Saige didn’t know if she would be able to get back to doing the things she loves. Thanks to Madonna’s team of brain injury specialists and state-of-the-art technology, Saige is back home with her beloved horses and playing catch with her siblings.
Every patient that comes to Madonna has their own recovery goals. For many, they’re determined to walk out the front doors on their own. For brain injury and stroke survivor Ashton Penrod, it’s all she thought about. From not being able to feel her left side to walking out all on her own, Ashton’s story reminds us how powerful we can all be.
Elias Heppler loves anything artistic. That’s even his Instagram handle, where he makes and sells a variety of crafts—from jewelry to pottery to paintings. The 23-year-old is eager to get back to his business, after a months-long recovery from a brain injury sustained in a car crash in June.
Brain injury program leader and occupational therapist Brooke Murtaugh, ODT has joined a panel of leading experts dedicated to rewriting and revising trauma guidelines on how best to care for traumatic brain injury patients.
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