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What you need to know about frontotemporal dementia

Actor Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia or FTD, his family announced on Thursday. Last spring, Willis had previously been diagnosed with aphasia, a disorder that can affect a person’s ability to speak. Unfortunately, the two disorders can overlap, and that’s likely the case with Willis, says Travis Groft, Ph.D., Madonna’s senior director…
Cancer survivor relies on faith and family during recovery

Navigating a new cancer diagnosis can be intimidating and scary, both for a person who is newly diagnosed as well as for their loved ones. Scott Hueber and his family know the feeling all too well. While taking on the ups and downs of his own cancer journey, he also encouraged other patients and families…
How do you know if you have long COVID?

Many people who have had COVID-19 experience symptoms—such as “brain fog,” breathlessness, fatigue, racing heart rate, anxiety and depression—for months after the initial infection. For those affected by long COVID, the search for answers can be complicated. That’s largely because post-COVID conditions vary from individual to individual, and for some, it can be difficult to…
Family finds answers, hope with Madonna’s pediatric brain injury team

In the pediatric specialty program at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospitals, Cooper Holloway can be found talking to staff about football, fishing and a recent trip to the archery range. Cooper is up and walking now, something he and his family don’t take for granted. On September 26th, 2022, the eighth-grader from Abilene, Kansas, was at football…
Family and Faith Help Wichita Boy’s Recovery After Brain Injury

With his glove in hand, a game of catch during therapy is a victory for Nathan Veith. These days, the 11-year-old from Wichita, Kansas, is back to doing activities he loves. On September 20th, 2022 while riding his bike to school, Nathan was hit by a car. Nathan was thrown into the air, sustaining a…
Madonna’s Mission Services offers healing and hope to patients

For more than 60 years, Madonna Rehabilitation Hospitals has offered spiritual care to patients recovering from an injury or illness. This focus on spirituality is a part of Madonna’s holistic, person-centered approach to health care, and many of Madonna’s patients and their families have experienced the benefits. “When we as humans go through a severe…
Fourth-grader returns home for holidays after brain injury

As Christmas music plays at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospitals, 10-year-old Sammie Tyree is getting in the holiday spirit by dancing during one of her therapy sessions. The fourth grader from Wichita, Kansas, loves Christmas and everything that comes with it. However, a horrible September accident put this holiday season in doubt. While at a friend’s house,…
A patient’s perspective: Madonna’s post-COVID clinic

Since March 2020, there have been roughly 536,000 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases in Nebraska. However, the real number is estimated to be much higher, thanks to asymptomatic cases or, like in my case, the virus was so new, there was no way to test it. Thankfully, with the creation of the vaccines, the focus has…
Technology helps stroke survivor take first steps at Madonna

A fun Labor Day weekend turned traumatic for Kansas City native Ashton Penrod when a tubing accident at the Lake of the Ozarks left her with a severe brain injury. The 26-year-old was flown to the University Hospital in Columbia, Missouri. Later, a blood clot on the left side of her head resulted in a stroke,…
College sophomore finds ‘room for hope’ after spinal cord injury

A true nature lover, Faith Collins enjoyed watching the night sky. Then, an accident while stargazing in 2022 left the 19-year-old with an incomplete spinal cord injury. First responders life-flighted Faith from her hometown of Alton, Missouri, to Mercy Hospital Springfield. Forty days after her accident, Faith chose Madonna Rehabilitation Hospitals’ specialized spinal cord injury program…