FOX 4: FDA-Approved Treatment Improves Stroke Survivor’s Mobility 18 Years After His Stroke
1 in 4 adults over the age of 25 are expected to experience a stroke in their lifetime.
1 minuteMay is Stroke Awareness Month, and this year, Don Cady, 62, and his support team are celebrating a breakthrough in his recovery achieved through a new treatment offered at Saint Luke's.
After a stroke nearly two decades ago left Don with limited mobility in his right-side body, a new FDA approved implant has him writing, shuffling cards, and performing other tasks that used to be impossible for him.
FOX 4 talked with Don and Dr. Karin Olds, Neurologist & Stroke Medical Director at Saint Luke’s Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute, about the new treatment and the impact it is having on stroke survivors.
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