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Aaliyah’s Army helps fight for her recovery

On May 27th, Aaliyah Campos was on her way to work when her life changed in an instant. A car accident left the 19-year-old from Kearney, Missouri, with severe injuries. After emergency surgery at Liberty Hospital in Kansas City, she remained in the ICU where her family got more bad news. Aaliyah had fat embolism syndrome (FES),…
Rehabilitation nurse shares how he found a home at Madonna

Being a rehabilitation nurse means caring for patients recovering from a life-changing injury or illness, many with high acuity needs. Madonna nurses utilize all the clinical skills they learned in school while building meaningful connections with each patient and their family. Nurse Supervisor Evan Hohnstein said he knew rehabilitation nursing was his calling more than…
Murtaugh invited to rewrite TBI guidelines

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. The American College of Surgeons (ACS) invited Brooke to participate in the panel. Over the next year, she and fellow experts representing…
The power of a poet

Noah Weaver has long expressed the way he feels through poetry and lyrics. But then a car accident changed the 26-year-old’s life in an instant. On May 27, 2022, Noah was involved in a car accident that caused a brain injury and required life-saving care at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri. He woke…
Steele McLaren – 2022 Omaha GOAL Award

An avid outdoorsman, Steele McLaren was out with friends on a duck hunt when a gust of wind knocked the duck blinds he had been holding out of the back of the truck. Steele suffered a broken C1 vertebrae, had several skull fractures and a traumatic brain injury. He spent 19 days in a coma…
Skylar McCaulley – 2022 Lincoln GOAL Award

Growing up, Skylar McCaulley always wanted to become a doctor. With a job as a cardiac technician at Sanford USD Medical Center and a great MCAT score in hand, his dream seemed close to becoming a reality. Then, Skylar suddenly became a patient at the hospital where he worked after he experienced a ruptured arteriovenous…
Omaha man who helped build Madonna’s Omaha Campus returns as a patient

A pipe layer by trade, Michael ‘Mick’ Dulik helped work on Madonna Rehabilitation Hospitals Omaha Campus in its early stages. Six years later, he’s seeing the building from a new perspective as a patient and reaping the benefits of specialized rehabilitation with leading-edge technology. “I put the gas line in that feeds the building, so…
Dad’s support helps son regain independence

Spinal cord injury survivor and active-duty Airman Randy Rodriguez plans to walk again. Initially unable to move so much as his toes after an abnormal blood vessel burst in the back of his neck, Randy, 21, started to make huge gains at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospitals, including walking with assistance. Randy came to Madonna from Whiteman…
Teen recovers from severe COVID-19 complications with rehabilitation

Sixteen-year-old Frederique ‘Freddy’ LaDeaux is a man of few words. “He doesn’t complain; he just does what is asked of him,” Abby Pauley, a Madonna occupational therapist, said. That grit and determination are what Freddy’s Madonna care team credits with his success throughout his rehabilitation journey. Freddy contracted COVID-19 in December of 2021. He spent…
Healing Horses

“There’s something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man.” ~ Winston Churchill Spring and summer weather brings the horses to Madonna. Since 2018, Madonna has partnered with Windsong Therapeutic Riding Center to integrate horses into therapy sessions for our patients. Horses have long been known for their “healing” power…