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Medical Leader News - Patients pleased with Rehab Hospital: Jimmy JusticePatients pleased with Rehab Hospital: Jimmy Justice
When Jimmy Justice was admitted to the Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital at Pikeville Medical Center, he was trying to recover from a horrific ATV accident. Justice had flipped his fourwheeler and suffered severe neck and back injuries that left him with paralysis on the left side of his body.
Due to hard work from the Inpatient Rehab staff during his month-long stay, Justice has regained some mobility and looks forward to living an independent life.
Inpatient rehab nurse Janice Allen, RN, BSN, said Justice was a great patient because of his determination to improve his condition.
“From the beginning, he was a fighter,” she stated. “He was totally cooperative, very thankful and did everything he could to help himself and work with the staff.”
Allen added that Justice only showed small improvements at first, but he began to regain more movement on his paralyzed side until he was eventually able to walk with the aid of a cane.
“His hand and leg were flacid on the left side,” she said. “Because he worked so hard, he rapidly started to gain some types of movement. Even though they were only little movements at first, with the help of the rehab, he did really well. He’s now walking.”
Justice remarked that even though he is an employee at PMC, he didn’t realize how much patients can benefit from inpatient rehab.
“I didn’t know much about inpatient rehab before I got in here, but it’s amazing what they can do,” he explained. “They treat the patients really well. At first, they (the therapists) would have to help me go through the motions. After a week, I could go through half the motions by myself. By the end, I could go through all of the exercises by myself. Eventually, I could walk with a walker, and then I graduated to a cane.”
For Justice, one of the most important parts of his rehabilitative stay was learning how to perform daily activities on his own. He learned tasks such as tying a shoe with one hand, dressing himself and bathing. He was also given a reacher to help retrieve items off the floor.
“I can’t brag on them enough or say enough good things about them,” noted Justice. “From the nurses to the aides and doctors, they really amaze me with the things they do and show how much they care for their patients. I was really nervous when I first came in here, but they made me feel comfortable with everything. I’ll never be able to pay them back.”
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