Ansley Helps Ava Move Again
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Ansley is arguably the cutest staffer at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. She regularly helps patients in the rehab unit and is so successful because they don’t realize they’re doing hard work if they’re engaging in play. One of Ansley’s patients was Nava McClelland, a young girl who had spinal decompression surgery that didn’t go as planned. After the surgery, Ava could only move her fingers, but two weeks after spending time with Ansley, she was moving her hands and her arms.
“I’ve seen patients that respond to Ansley before they respond to anyone else,” said Jenny Lundine, a speech-language pathologist at Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. “[They’re] just waking up from a coma and will reach out to pet Ansely before they follow any directions from a therapist or physician.”
