Success Stories
Leanne
Motivation was a Major Factor in Her Recovery
Leanne has lived with a rare genetic disorder all her life, although that hasn’t stopped her from participating in family life in her home and her community. She had to be admitted to a general hospital for surgery and unfortunately developed complications, including cardiac arrest and respiratory failure.
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Physicians placed a breathing tube to support her lungs and a feeding tube to administer nutrition, and after she had been stabilized Leanne was transferred to Kindred Hospital Philadelphia to receive respiratory therapy and rehabilitation.
On her arrival at Kindred, Leanne was extremely weak and required full assistance from her caregivers for all her needs. She began a rigorous respiratory therapy program and slowly began to make progress as she regained more strength and mobility thanks to her physical and occupational therapists. Motivated and very eager to recover, Leanne put all of her effort into her therapy sessions and was finally able to be taken off the ventilator.
Leanne also regained the ability to get up from her bed, stand and walk with the assistance of a rolling walker. Her rehab sessions also helped her start to recover her independence over the activities of daily life, and although she still had the breathing tube in place for protection Leanne was able to start drinking and eating a regular diet and communicated with a speaking valve. By the time she was discharged from Kindred to continue her recovery Leanne had made a tremendous amount of progress and was poised for the last step in her journey back to health and to her home and family.
Joe
"Kindred Saved My Life."
Joe came to Kindred Hospital Philadelphia unable to move and seriously ill with sepsis. At Kindred, a team including nurses, physicians and rehabilitation therapists worked to help him reach the next level – intensive rehabilitation at a Kindred joint venture rehab hospital – and then home.
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