Patient Stories 

Day Institute
	Donald Irby: Day Institute patient begs to differ Donald Irby was told he would never walk again. Not satisfied with that answer, he was determined to prove his doctors wrong.

Inpatient Services - Amputee Rehabilitation
	Paul Mosher: for amputee patient, it's all in the attitude When asked about his recent leg amputation, Paul Mosher, who moved to St. Louis from Brooklyn, New York three years ago, says, "I almost died." He then adds, "I'm still here. To be missing just a little piece of my leg, that's nothing."

Inpatient Services - Brain / Head Injury

Christina Bova: Rehabilitation patient's courage is an inspiration Thirty-year-old Christina Bova knows what courage is. She mustered plenty of it after the car she was riding in got hit by a train while crossing the tracks.

Inpatient Services - Orthopedic Injury
	Carole Fitzgerald: surgery and rehabilitation, a life altering decision Knee surgery and rehabilitation may have totally changed Carole Fitzgerald's life.

Inpatient Services - Spinal Cord Injury
	Michael Ellis: Going against the odds Michael Ellis says he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. A competitive basketball player since age eight, Ellis had just graduated high school and was looking forward to attending Drexel University on a Division I basketball scholarship. Eleven days after graduation, he was mugged at gunpoint.

Inpatient Services - Stroke / Neurological Conditions
	Kevin Burns: patient returns from total paralysis with Guillain Barre "Several months of our life just stopped," she says, referring to the experience that brought her family to SSM Rehabilitation Hospital.

Outpatient Services - Orthopedic & Sports Rehabilitation
	Revolutionary therapy treatment relieves debilitating knee pain SSM Rehabilitation Hospital offers new treatment for Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome; also useful in treating some back pain (sciatica) issues

SSM Rehabilitation Hospital
	Eric Newby: Motivation knows no limits for teen after spinal cord injury Eighteen-year-old Eric Newby came to SSM Rehabilitation Hospital in June 2006 after a serious car accident injured his spinal cord, leaving him with paralysis from the chest down and almost no movement in his arms.