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Madonna recognizes patients with Goal Awards

By the Lincoln Journal Star
Wednesday, Oct 01, 2008 - 05:34:33 pm CDT
Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital Monday presented its 14th Annual Madonna Chairman’s Goal Awards, honoring the courage, determination and generosity of Madonna patients.

This year’s award recipients were:

* Jermomie Meyer of Woodbine, Iowa, who suffered a spinal cord injury when he was struck by a drunk driver. Meyer is now back in school and is a member of the national champion Red Dawgs wheelchair basketball team.

* Stephanie Wever of Omaha who had a stroke at age 22. She is now married and is enjoying time with her husband and family.

* Joan Bunton of Western who had a massive heart attack, then had her leg amputated as a result of complications following heart surgery. Bunton can now walk with a prosthetic and is building a new home.

* Dusty Feil of Luray, Kan., who hit a guide wire while driving a loaded grain truck. The wire severed his left arm and the accident caused a traumatic brain injury. Feil has since returned to farming with his wife, and has renovated much of their home himself.