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In the News: St. Louis Post-Dispatch Profiles TBI Patient's "Long Recovery"
While investigating a security incident at the hospital at which he worked, Rob was rammed with a car, sustaining a traumatic brain injury. Rob was soon able to hold a conversation and started to recover his memory.
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Watch Spark! 2022 Video: Behind the Scenes of SCI Neurostimulation Research with Dr. Monica Perez
Dr. Perez demonstrates neurostimulation from Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s Spark! 2022 virtual fundraising event.
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Dr. Jordan Grafman Co-Authors Study on Link Between Brain Lesions and Addiction
A recent study identified links between addiction to smoking and alcohol and locations of lesions in the brains of patients recovering from strokes or traumatic brain injuries.
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Congratulations to DAISY Award Winner — Olena Melnyk
The newest recipient of the DAISY Award nursing excellence is Olena Melnyk, RN!
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PCT Shakita Carter Honored with BEE Award for Outstanding PCTs
Patient care technician Shakita Carter from the 21st Floor received Shirley Ryan AbilityLab's BEE Award for outstanding PCTs!
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Anthony Rizzo Family Foundation Supports Pediatric Patient's New Customized Activity Chair
Last year, a rare brain tumor, left then-four-year-old Maggie unable to hold up her head, sit up or communicate. Now, after a year of physical, occupational and speech therapy at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, she engages in play, communicates, and interacts with songs and books.
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John's Journey to Walk Again
John sustained a major multiple trauma with brain and spinal cord injuries, and was not walking upon arrival. Immediately following the accident, John’s trauma team said that he might never be able to walk again or reach his hands over his head. Just one month into his rehabilitation at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, John was able to do both.
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Making a home accessible after a severe injury can be overwhelming — but it doesn’t have to be. Here’s one mom’s advice.
At Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, people arrive after lives change in minutes — a gunshot wound, a car crash, a stroke. When patients are discharged, they often need to approach their home differently. Occupational therapist Kelsey Watters said they first consider locations like the bathroom and the entry.
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'I'm just thankful to be here': Lightning strike survivor recounts his 4-month journey to recovery
After surviving a lightning strike, after enduring multiple surgeries to open his shins and forearms to save him from compartment syndrome, Jacob Brewer was being treated at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab in downtown Chicago where he was receiving physical and occupational therapy.
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ABC 7: COVID-19 'long-haulers' work to regain basic skills, overcome 'brain fog' months after diagnosis
Chicago's Shirley Ryan Ability Lab created a COVID-19 rehabilitation unit in April. And as the number of cases rise in the area, so does the unit's number of patients getting therapy for the long-term effects of the virus.
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WGN Investigates: A dangerous and deadly year, Children caught in Chicago’s crossfire
It’s been a violent year in Chicago. And increasingly it is children who are getting shot. WGN Investigates took an in-depth look at the lasting legacy of our violent streets.
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