Patient Success Stories

Robbie

Worked Hard To Get Better

Robbie is a previous college football player. He played inside linebacker years ago and has always had a love for sports and health. He took that passion and converted it into a career becoming a Health and Phys Ed teacher in his hometown. Robbie loved teaching his students and working with them to help them grow. He had to have a surgery on an old football injury and it became problem some. The surgery left Robbie with osteomyelitis and a foot ulceration. Robbie was diagnosed with Parkinsons shortly after that surgery. The diagnosis cut his teaching career shorter than he would have liked but he kept his spirits up and kept moving forward. Recently he required a repeat surgery on his foot and was found to be appropriate to come to Mercy Health Rehabilitation Hospital for intensive therapy and physician management throughout his rehab. Robbie was very thankful for his time at Mercy Health and said “he would recommend anyone needing this level of care to come here (to Mercy Health) first. The people are all so nice, and the therapists, especially Levi and Keith, helped him to stay motivated and on task”. Therapy worked on Robbie’s upperbody strength, walking and getting him ready to go home. Our physicians focused on his medicinal needs and keeping him stable to do therapy.

Robbie, being a teacher, knew every student’s name that he taught. He knows the name of each person who helped him at Mercy Health as well, but we don’t have enough space to put every one of the outstanding team members he mentioned in this success story.

The day Robbie admitted to Mercy Health Rehab it was unclear if he would be able to go directly home or need to go to stay with his sister, Tammy, before returning to his own home. Robbie worked hard and was diligent about getting better and was able to discharge directly home after graduating from his rehabilitation program.

Tammy, Robbie’s sister, advocated for Robbie to come to Mercy Health Rehab Hospital. She was a big part of his rehab and she visited him almost daily. Tammy and Robbie are openly thankful for the experience and results they received and would highly recommend Mercy Health Rehab Hospital as their top choice in our area.