No place like home for the holidays

Goertzen spends Christmas at home 10 weeks after brain surgery at Mayo 
 

  • Therapists at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital in Lincoln use a bowling ball to help Ryan Goertzen recover the use of his right arm.
    Therapists at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital in Lincoln use a bowling ball to help Ryan Goertzen recover the use of his right arm.
  • A therapist at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital in Lincoln helps Ryan Goertzen learn to walk again following the removal of a cavernous angioma from the center of his brain on October 14 at the Mayo Clinic.
    A therapist at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital in Lincoln helps Ryan Goertzen learn to walk again following the removal of a cavernous angioma from the center of his brain on October 14 at the Mayo Clinic.
    The phrase “home for the holidays” took on a whole new meaning for one Hamilton County man this year. Ryan Goertzen, who lives near Henderson, underwent a nearly nine-hour surgery in October to remove a kiwi-sized tumor from the center of his brain and then spent more than a month undergoing therapy at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital in Lincoln. However, he was released to come home Dec. 3 ...

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