CareMeridian is pleased to announce that Sergeant James Carey, USMC, recovering from a traumatic brain injury at CareMeridian Santiago Canyon, was featured in the September 2010 issue of Runner’s World magazine for successfully completing the Orange County Marathon in May, alongside his platoon members. In addition, the video segment shown below was featured on the magazine’s website.

James Carey was involved in a training exercise at Camp Pendleton in July 2009, when a weight dropped in the pool and he went under to retrieve it, but never came up. His near-death drowning experience cut the oxygen supply to his brain and left him in a coma. The doctors held up little hope for recovery.

A newlywed with a baby on the way, James was moved to CareMeridian Santiago Canyon in September 2009 with severe impacts to his speech and vision. He has since shown remarkable signs of recovery and looks forward to his next marathon.

CareMeridian, a partner of The MENTOR Network, provides a continuum of high quality, cost-effective post-acute care and rehabilitation options to people of all ages with brain, spinal cord and other life-altering injuries and other medically-complex illnesses. With program locations throughout the Western United States, CareMeridian offers a unique service delivery model, merging an experienced and skilled health care and rehabilitation team with state-of-the-art technology in community-based program settings designed to meet the unique needs of those we serve at every stage of their recovery.

The MENTOR Network is a national network of local human services providers offering an array of quality, community-based services to adults and children with intellectual and developmental disabilities, brain, spinal cord and other catastrophic injuries and illnesses, and to youth with emotional, behavioral and medically complex challenges as well as their families with programs in 36 states. To learn more, visit www.thementornetwork.com.

Contact:
Dan Larson
Chief Development Officer
314.440.4257
dlarson@caremeridian.com