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[Hapahowlee]

qbounce, on Aug 5 2008, 11:22 AM, said:

Hapahowlee, on Aug 4 2008, 08:11 PM, said:

I'm trying to redo something, but can't get this to go away!!!!

Hopefully it's not of the STD kind a thing.-lol
Hey, you left it WIDE open!!-more puns, sheesh . . .

To add, I went to Long Beach Memorial. They're set up for all things SCI. But I STILL managed to get a stage 3 Ulcer from being stabalized the first few days of care. So, what does specialist mean??

Oh you are so funny BOUNCE!!! Thanks a lot, that was supposed to be our secret - HA!!!! Now everyone knows where I got it Geez, some people . . .
So now everyone knows the real truth as to why you've been laid up lately I told you just one shot of penicillin would do it.

[Hapahowlee]

Mr. Hapahowlee went to Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO after getting very little results from the hospital where his 2 bone fusion surgeries were performed. He was fine after his first surgery, but 2 nurses trying to hike him up in bed slammed his head with halo into the wall. This led to his second surgery. By the time Mr. Hapa was allowed to call his father to come up, the hole in the wall mysteriously disappeared, but the smell of fresh paint was in the air.

He was the "Star" at Jewish Hospital. These pictures were taken by a professional photographer for Jewish during therapy and the first one hung in the PT Department from 1986 - 1998. It now hangs in our workout room.

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[skoal]

I went to ST.John's in Springfield, MO

[mom7]

Danielle87, on Oct 19 2006, 08:14 PM, said:

I was just wondering what rehab hospitals everyone went to... i was at Shepherd in Atlanta, GA, did anyone else go there?

My son was at Theda Clark for 6 weeks following his fall he a T 6 & 7 incomplete, he transfered to Froedert in Milwaukee as an outpatient but they are cutting him loose too.
Has anyone ever heard of Project Walk? We have been surfing the net and I came across it and it sounds promising. Would like to talk to someone whose been there or know of someone who has.

[kimgilaby]

Good Shepard Rehab Hospital Allentown Pa

[coolbreeze]

Sheperd Center ATL.Ga 2008

[evilmac64]

Fraizer Rehab Louisville Ky 2 months great place

[eleanorigby]

Alextv, on Dec 11 2007, 10:07 AM, said:

Does anyone here know about any Rehab hospital in Arizona??????

Yeah, I had my rehab at Barrows in St. Joseph's Hospital. I'm surprised no one else has been there as it's supposed to be one of the best facilities in the west for spinal cord injuries. I guess Muhammad Ali was even treated there and ended up opening his own center for Parkinson's at Barrows. I was there a little over two months and it was a great experience. I didn't want to leave! I got physical (including water therapy), occupational and recreational therapy. I also recieved therapy for emotional trauma. They have this great wheelchair clinic every month that people can go to with a prescription from their doctor and they can see so many different specialists. They are also very active in the recreational department. My favorite event was Day on the Lake. Every year they go out to this lake and any patient (current or former), or anyone in a wheelchair I think, can come. They bring adapted equipment for jet-skiing, water-skiing, boating, ect. Jet-skiing was my favorite. Since I was so young, they even brought in a tutor so I wouldn't get too behind in my schooling. They were so helpful with my family and gave me a private room so they could stay with me overnight. The McDonald House also did amazing things for us too if I'm giving shout outs.

Edited by eleanorigby, 22 August 2008 - 07:07 PM.

[SWONSONG]

Son went to OSF in Peoria (great therapist) straight to RIC in Chicago (two months) Therapist great,,,,staff, not so great. Looking at going to Shriners in Chicago soo. Anyone who has been to Shriners anywhere please let me know, could use the insite.

[Jax]

Didn't go to SCI rehab. I was kept at Scott and White hospital (Temple, TX) in their "rehab," which centered around hip/knee replacements and geriatrics. I was only in "rehab" for about 3 and a half weeks. From injury to release from "rehab" was 5 weeks exactly. But heck, I did get to go home on my birthday. I was the only SCI patient there at the time. The one prior to me was six months prior, and the next one they kept there was 5 months after I left. There are so many things that they didn't teach me. I can't believe they are even allowed to keep SCI patients at all. The PT was ok, but the "OT" sucked! No bowel program info, no urologist appointment or referral, no wheelchair to go home in.

The evening before I was sent home, I called a med supply place I found in the yellow pages and got them to deliver a hospital style chair for me. No help from OT. I also learned to transfer with and without a sliding board with no therapist in the hospital (With sliding board was on Christmas day. Without sliding board was on the following Sunday). Learned to transfer into vehicles, drive, shower, get dressed in the chair, transfer floor-to-chair and chair-to-floor, and I even managed to learn to fit my own chair. Not that anything I did is great, just that it was necessitated by the lack of OT. It's what made me want to be an OT. Somebody's gotta show them how it's done!

[BenjaminLucas]

I was at Shepherd from the middle end of November 2008 to the beginning of February 2009. That includes inpatient and outpatient therapy.

I was on Dr. Murray's B Team: Jenny Cowhig, Jana Candia, Angel (the tech), and Cheryl.

Great people.

[Trinity]

The Legendary Stoke Mandeville, 5 long months....

[tspence]

I went to Trinty Mother Frances...HealthSouth in good ole Tyler Texes.

[tmcph]

I had surgery at St. Agnes Fresno, CA then did rehab at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, CA. Great rehab center there

[cubanito_016]

I whent to jackson memorial hospital here in miami for rehab and its the worse place that gives rehab and all the therapist are f*@king retards and the doctors two they dont know shit.

[cathie]

I had outpatient rehab at Sunshine Hospital Community based rehab in Melbourne, Australia and was taught absolutely nothing and discharged when the physio said there was nothing more they could do for me because my "walking" wasn't improving. Almost everyone else at the rehab center was there for cardiac rehab or joint replacement rehab so most were really old and wouldn't speak English!
Since then I have gone downhill something shocking and they still don't know what's wrong!

[jaquie_farmer]

I had one surgery at cartersville medical center. Then another one at Scottish right of Atlanta Georgia where I stayed for 2 months of inpatient rehab. Then after a month at home I went to shepherd center of Atlanta Georgia for about 3 weeks in the beginning of November 2008. I'll be going back to shepherd for the nrn walking program in April.

[Mac67]

JaniceandBruce, on Oct 26 2006, 10:53 AM, said:

Danielle87, on Oct 19 2006, 07:14 PM, said:

I was just wondering what rehab hospitals everyone went to... i was at Shepherd in Atlanta, GA, did anyone else go there?

Craig Hospital in Englewood, CO - just outside of Denver. Really great place, great staff.

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My Brother is a RN there/ It is a Great place - I'm a C5 C6 Quad...

I Did my Rehab a Rusk Institute in Manhattan in the early 80's

[t-diddy]

Rehab Hospital of The Pacific. Stayed only 3 weeks.

[Amy Bell]

This might be something to look into, is Moss Rehab. Hospital in Philadelphia, Pa. They are currently undergoing a new exoskeleton device to help you walk for those with spinal cord injuries and also for rehabilitation purposes. They currently are undergoing clinical trials.

Please visit http://rewalk.com

or email info@rewalk.com

[Tetracyclone]

Chung Shan in Taichung, Taiwan. Nice Folks, excellent MD. 3.5 months

[mcferguson]

I went to Warm Springs Rehab Hospital in San Antonio. Top-notch therapist, good counselor, mediocre nursing (had some good ones, but also had several without a clue about SCI), and mediocre administrators.

[goldnucs]

Institute for Rehab Medicine (IRM), aka Rusk Institute in Manhattan in 1978. I was in there with Ron Turcotte who rode Secretariat to the Triple Crown. They had brought Larry Flynt in while I was there, however, they didn't let him stay. BUMMER!!