Matt’s Story: Head Injury
A poor decision nearly cost Matt his life. But state-of-the-art neurosurgical and neurocritical care, dedicated therapists, and family support gave him a chance to start over again. Today, in what is proving to his best decision ever, Matt is studying to become a certified occupational therapy assistant, striving to join the ranks of those who […]
Mike’s Story: Epilepsy
Mike Lykins, a 39-year-old Milford, Ohio, resident suffered scores of epileptic seizures between 1981 and 2002. Today he is free of chronic seizures thanks to treatment provided by physicians at UC Neuroscience Institute at University Hospital and The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Because he had tried more than a half dozen anti-epileptic medications […]
Mike’s Hope Story: Parkinson’s disease
Imagine learning you have Parkinson’s Disease. At 26. Most Parkinson’s patients are diagnosed in their 60s. Yet in 1987, after three years of unexplained symptoms, Mike Pohl learned he had the degenerative disease. After a visit to the National Institutes of Health in Maryland, medication eased his symptoms. As is often the case, the drugs […]