Kids Health Matters
Tag: traumatic brain injury

Mpls. St. Paul Magazine recently released its “Top Doctors list,” which includes the names of 24 physicians from Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare. The magazine determines award recipients based on a survey sent to physicians each year, asking them to nominate one or more doctors (excluding themselves) whom they would visit if they or a loved one needed medical care.

Gillette is one of the only pediatric health care centers to have an ArmeoSpring machine. It’s a computer-enhanced activity specifically designed for kids who are regaining movement in the arm or hand. This robotic exoskeleton is especially useful to assist patients who are building strength as the result of trauma, cerebral palsy, neuromuscular conditions or stroke.

As the weather turns warmer and sunnier, families are eager to get outside for fresh air and exercise. While the escape from the four walls of home is a welcome relief, it’s important to make sure we’re all safe during our outdoor activities. Gillette is here to help if a child is injured.

After a car accident at age 16, Josie spent three months in a coma. He woke up at Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare, where months of rehabilitation renewed his determination to live life to its fullest.

Going sledding is ridiculously fun. It can also be dangerous. Wearing a helmet makes it safer.

Rehabilitation therapy helps patients learn how to maximize their abilities and become familiar with new ways of moving. Locomotor training, a form of walking therapy that involves body weight support, can help eligible patients increase function in their lower extremities and improve their mobility.

"If you set expectations, you are trying to control the wind. If you operate on hopes, you are continually adjusting the sails . Gillette helps us adjust the sails and add to the list of things that Luke CAN do.” - Sarah, Luke's mom. See what Luke's life is like, six years after a near-tragic window fall and traumatic brain injury.

In the United States, approximately one in twenty-five children is considered “medically complex.” What this means is that these are individuals who have multiple chronic and severe health conditions.

Twenty years after a traumatic brain injury, the Twin Cities Marathon will welcome Andrew Leitner to the starting line. With his running bib emblazoned, "Gillette 1" he pays homage to hospital that he volunteers for...and the one that saved his life.

Tall, red-haired and boisterous, it’s not a surprise to learn that Connor plays on the football team back in North Dakota, or that he’s pretty popular.

"If there is anything that I want people to understand, it’s that parents who have children who have disabilities want what any parent wants for their child."