"Recently, we had a patient who came in. She was a young lady who had a stroke. You know, a lot of times for people think of stroke as an older person's disease, but it can occur in younger adults and middle-aged adults as well. And to go from being active, vibrant, to working, taking care of her family, to not being able to, to communicate, not be able to talk, to not be able to, uh, do anything other than lay in the bed. That was just devastating to her and to her family. But over the course of three weeks, we got to get her back up again. She was able to walk, she was able to talk in some simple phrases. She was able to communicate her thoughts, her needs, her wants to her family and to the staff here. And, you know, to see her go from the acute hospital setting.

And we even followed her into the outpatient therapy setting where we got to see her a couple months later, she came back. Yeah, she was still not a hundred percent yet. She was still in a wheelchair, but to go from being completely bedridden, not able to communicate, not to be able to say even simple yes or no, uh, answer to questions, to be able to, to joke around, to be able to come in and participate and have fun with her therapy. That was just a tremendous feeling to be able to be a part of that."

--Dr. Burton