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Success Stories

Celebrating patient success at Southern Kentucky Rehabilitation Hospital!

At Southern Kentucky Rehabilitation Hospital, we believe in the transformative power of personalized care and rehabilitation. Our patient success stories highlight the remarkable journeys of individuals who have overcome significant illness or injury with the support of our dedicated team. These inspiring accounts showcase the resilience of our patients and the comprehensive, compassionate care that defines Southern Kentucky Rehabilitation Hospital.

Join us in celebrating these triumphs and discover how our specialized programs and therapies have made a meaningful difference in the lives of our patients.

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Sandra Borden

Sandy Borden lived a busy life filled with simple joys, such as watching her granddaughters, caring for her dogs and cats, cooking, and sipping coffee on her front porch. However, her world was turned upside down when her health took a sudden and critical turn. Diagnosed with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, Sandy underwent a transaortic septal myectomy at The Medical Center at Bowling Green. While the procedure was successful, her recovery was complicated by respiratory failure, which required her to spend 11 days on a ventilator and 20 days in the ICU, leaving her physically weakened.
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Beverly Ford

Beverly Ford

After experiencing right-sided weakness and slurred speech, Beverly went to the emergency room at TJ Samson Community Hospital, where she learned she had suffered a stroke the night before. This life-changing event left her with significant challenges: right-sided weakness, difficulty swallowing (dysphagia), slurred speech (dysarthria), and total dependence on others for her daily activities. The road to recovery was going to be long and demanding.
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Deidra Wilson

Three years ago, doctors found a glioblastoma in Deidra's brain. After receiving treatment with chemo and radiation, Deidra was cancer-free! Recently, Deidra ended up at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville after suffering a severe stroke. Deidra's doctors referred her to Southern Kentucky Rehabilitation Hospital for intensive inpatient rehabilitation.
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Michelle Weaver

Michelle had been healthy with no warning signs when she fell one day getting into the shower. The symptoms then came fast -- numbness in her hands, feet, and tongue and trouble walking. She called 911 for help, and an ambulance transported her immediately to the hospital.
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Gary Melson

Gary Melson, 63, has always been a busy and hardworking man. He lives in Columbia, KY, with his wife. He has worked all his life, and years ago, he started a side business with his dad called M&M Tree Topper. Unfortunately, on what seemed like a regular work day, Gary's life changed suddenly and dramatically when he fell out of his bucket truck, falling approximately 30 feet to the ground
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Wesley Neff

Driving one day, Wesley was in a motor vehicle accident and sustained severe injuries. This experience proved a sudden and significant change for Wesley as he was a healthy man with no previous hospital stays before the accident.
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