Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau
Success Stories
When Molly Price came to Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, after falling at home and fracturing her right femur, she hoped she would be able to start walking again. What she found is that she gained a lot more. "She's a hard worker," said Heather Gaines, occupational therapist...
For nearly 80 years, Berniece Lorenz, 90, has played the organ at Trinity Lutheran Church in Shawneetown, Missouri, but when she didn't come to the door one Sunday morning, her neighbor knew something was wrong....
When Marlin Buelow came to Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, after surgery for spinal stenosis in the lumbar region of his back, he knew exactly what he needed to do. "My grandson is a doctor of physical therapy, so he clued me in on what this was going to be like and what I would need to do," said the 80-year-old Vietnam veteran....
In 2017, Wanda Cox moved off the farm where she and her husband had raised their family and the quarter horses they used to show to a duplex in a nearby town. It was a tough adjustment, but it was going relatively well until she fell about three weeks after the move and broke her right hip....
Tracy Whitlow likes to be on the go. The 36-year-old assembles parts for Briggs & Stratton engines at the Butler County Sheltered Workshop in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and stays involved in the community. He has not allowed himself to be defined or limited by his myelomeningocele spina bifida...
Valeria Tuschhoff, of Jackson, Missouri, is one of those people who routinely helps others. At 82, Tuschhoff volunteers at the family information desk in the surgery department at nearby St. Francis Medical Center; she works one day a week dispensing food at the Jackson Food Pantry...
As someone who has raised 11 children, worked in farm fields and was an aide in a nursing home for more than 20 years, Willie Mae Hunt knows a thing or two about hard work and perseverance. Hunt put those skills to work when she stayed at Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, following a period of weakness, falls and significant weight loss....
As someone who spent more than 30 years in the classroom and on the court as a basketball and volleyball coach, Mitchell Froman is no stranger to hard work and discipline. So when his physician recommended inpatient therapy at Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, after his triple heart bypass surgery, Froman knew what he had to do....
When you love someone, you want the best for them. That's how Geraldine Evans' son felt when he was looking for inpatient rehab after his mother broke four ribs during a fall. And, it's why he selected Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, about 50 miles from their home near Bloomfield, Missouri....
Sometimes in life it seems that irony jumps up and slaps you in the face. That's how Dean Scott felt when he and his son-in-law were building a wheelchair ramp for his wife after her hip replacement surgery. Scott fell and fractured his left hip....
Alroy Kramer needed total assistance to walk, wheel himself in a wheelchair and get dressed when he arrived at Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, on Jan. 27, 2017. Kramer was very weak as the result of a spinal fusion surgery. He could not take care of himself, and his cognition and language skills were compromised....
Retired grade school secretary Laverne Givens was living independently at home when she broke her right femur as a result of a fall. After surgery, she came to Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, for rehabilitation so she could get back to living her life. When she arrived on Dec. 28, 2016, she was unable to bear weight on her right leg, which meant she was unable to walk or transfer from one surface to another...
For years, Marilyn Douglas has helped others give glory to God by playing the piano and organ at United Methodist Church in Malden, Missouri. That changed when chronic back pain made sitting on the piano bench for an extended time too painful....
On Oct. 3, 2016, Wilma Knowlton tripped on a throw rug in her house and fell hard on the floor, hitting a cabinet on the way down. The accident resulted in a spinal fracture. Although Knowlton did not need surgery, she did require rehabilitation, and she came to Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, on Oct. 7, 2016.
It is always an honor to serve our veterans, and Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, was recently home to Jack Goggin, a World War II veteran. Goggin recently shared his memories of the war and his life in general. "Everyone who knows me calls me Jack," Goggin said. "My name is Monte Vernon Goggin. They called me 'Soup' when I was small because I liked to eat bean soup."
Retired band teacher Ronald Nall fell on his back while he was shopping at Walmart. A few weeks later, Nall became very weak. A trip to the hospital revealed he had developed a large blood clot, which had traveled to his brain. After being treated at the hospital, he came to Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau for rehabilitation.
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