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LOST LIVES
NMMC helps patients reach milestones in rehabilitation
eing able to open a clothespin is something most of us never think much about, but for Jane Carruth of Tupelo, it was a milestone worth celebrating. Carruth was a patient in North Mississippi Medical Center’s Rehabilitation Institute for more than a month after she suffered a stroke in March 2009. “When I fi rst got to the rehab floor, I could hardly sit in a wheelchair by myself,” she says. “I had no control over the left side of my body.”
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THE NECESSARY SUPPORT
At the Rehabilitation Institute, therapists helped Carruth regain her speech and ability to walk and to care for herself. She graduated from a wheelchair to a walker to a cane, as she became steadier on her feet. She also was able to practice cooking a meal for herself and getting up and down stairs. “If it were not for the care I got [at the Institute], I believe I would not be able to walk
Jane Carruth
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