The divine Miss S. is famous! The Chicago Trib featured a story about the Rehab Institute by the fabulous Julia Keller. The mention of S. is quoted below, and the full text follows in the next post.
"Between another set of parallel bars, on the other side of the room from Contri, John Sanders, 28, sat in his wheelchair and contemplated the twin silver rails. Black hair was just returning to Sanders' head, after the emergency brain surgery that had saved his life following a motorcycle crash in downtown Chicago.
"With the help of physical therapist Stacey McCusker, Sanders placed his left hand on the bar and lifted up his slender body; his right elbow, still mending from its break in the crash, was tucked at his side. He stayed upright, swaying slightly but keeping his position. Like Contri, he was quiet.
"But the gym was noisy. It stayed that way throughout the day because the therapists' voices -- gentle but persistent, sounding the way parents do when they're teaching children how to ride a bike -- crosshatched the air, a latticework of positive attitude. "Good job!" and "Way to go!" mingled with "All right!" and "Let's try again, OK?"
Copyright (c) 2003, Chicago Tribune
