Tag: Magee Rehabilitation – Jefferson Health

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  April 22, 2022

  New Start at Life Following Double Transplant

  Crystal Safford struggled with progressive heart disease, then heart failure and found out she needed a new heart and a new kidney.
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  January 20, 2022

  What I Wish People Knew About Surviving Gun Violence

  Amanda Lyons, 36, was playing kickball in a Fishtown playground when she was shot in the back and her life was forever changed. Here, she shares her physical and emotional recovery journey.
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  May 28, 2021

  Five Nurses Share Their Real COVID-19 Experiences and Feelings on Reintegration

  From the loss of family members, to feelings of guilt and not “being enough,” nurses open up about their past year and a half.
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  April 15, 2021

  Making It to the Top Of the Rocky Steps After Paralysis

  After slipping in a bathroom, leaving him paralyzed from the shoulders down, Chase Friedman set his sights on the iconic "Rocky Steps" in Philadelphia and vowed to walk again.
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  March 31, 2021

  One Year Later: The COVID-19 Pandemic

  There are lessons learned, moments of sadness and of hope – as we look back on the life we once knew and the “new normal” we are still trying to define.
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  December 1, 2020

  The Opioid Crisis: Confronting America’s Other Fatal Health Epidemic

  Now in the shadow of COVID-19, opioid misuse is another long-term health crisis that has killed over 450,000 people in this country since 1999.
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  November 19, 2020

  I Ran Marathons. Then COVID-19 Caught up With Me.

  Alexandra Hackett tested negative for COVID-19 back in March when she had flu-like symptoms. Today, she faces terrifying “long-hauler” symptoms.
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  August 20, 2020

  COVID-19 Caused Philly Father to Go on Dialysis and Triggered Memory Loss

  Dan Nardi was disoriented and weak when he arrived at Magee Rehabilitation in May, so much so the 50-year-old Northeast Philadelphia man couldn’t sit up in bed. He was in the fight of his life.
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  August 7, 2020

  What It’s Like to be Hospitalized During the Pandemic—Without COVID-19

  In January 2020, none of us knew what this year would bring, especially not Eli Robbins.
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  July 7, 2020

  Art is the Recipe for Recovery
  for Philly Chef Brad Spence

  Brad Spence was just 43 years old, and on the cusp of opening a new restaurant, when life abruptly hit the pause button.
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  August 8, 2019

  Getting Back on Her Feet – and Behind the Wheel – Again!

  One night in January, Zellis was talking with a friend outside her apartment. Two cars crashed at an intersection, and one slammed into Zellis as she stood on the sidewalk. In that second her life was never the same.