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Goodbye, Acute Care, Hello, Rehab
When Jeff Miklaszewski, a 27-year-old musician and construction worker, rounded the corner of a single-lane road, he had no warning before the deer appeared in front of him. As he swerved, he lost control of his vehicle, resulting in an accident that nearly required the amputation of both of his legs.
But after only three weeks in the hospital, he was transferred to R Adams Cowley, an inpatient rehab facility in Baltimore. After such a serious accident, the quick transition to rehab— not unlike the deer in the road—came as a surprise, and the move brought apprehension that the level of care wouldn’t match what he’d experienced in the intensive care unit (ICU).
“The first couple nights I felt sad and almost abandoned in a way . . . It was coming from an environment of being high on the priority list to being thrown in with the rest of the pack. It was disheartening at first,” he says.
Miklaszewski’s parents experienced mixed emotions at his transfer, too—happiness and relief that he’d moved on from the ICU, but like Jeff, unease about the care and medical priority he’d receive in rehab.
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