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Rehab and Physical Therapy Services in Fremont and Dodge CountyMethodist Fremont Health Rehab and Physical Therapy provides outpatient physical, occupational and speech therapy services. Located on the northeast end of the first floor at Methodist Fremont Health in Fremont, Nebraska, our programs an…

  Two years after contracting a life-threatening infection that took her extremities, a southwest Iowa woman is healthy and functioning well with prostheses. Elaine Goodwin, 72, of rural Logan developed flu-like symptoms on Feb. 20, 2020. What followed was a whirlwind of lifesaving and life-c…

If a joyful heart is good medicine, you’d think Jean Tiedje and Joan Scheer could be pharmacists. The 93-year-old, identical twins live at Dunklau Gardens in Fremont, where they laugh a lot and dispense their good humor to others. “They’re always joyful,” said Lori Coffield, unit secretary. “They’…

Eric Sandbothe with his wife, Kris, at The DAISY Award ceremony.   Eric Sandbothe, BSN, RN, has seen a lot in 25 years of nursing at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital. But he got the surprise of his career last month while working a shift in the Critical Care Unit. After being coaxed away …

She was celebrating a night out with friends when suddenly it was morning. She was in a hotel room – her shirt pulled up, her pants pulled down. “I hurt and knew something bad happened,” the woman said. “Something about this just felt so wrong.” The woman, who wishes to remain anonymo…

Dee Wicks, a medical social worker at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital. Photo by Daniel Johnson. Dee Wicks, LBSW, has been a social worker at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital for 35 years. But when she began college, her path wasn’t so clear.Wicks enrolled at Kansas State University with …

A phone call with her sister-in-law in January 2004 resulted in more than a physical and emotional hang-up for Crystal Slaughter, 64. “I was sitting there, I had my arm kind of propped up over the chair, I had scratched under my arm, and that’s when I felt it,” Crystal said. “I told her, ‘I think I…

A new school year often spurs heightened levels of curiosity and apprehension among many parents – especially amid ongoing pandemic uncertainties. Will my child feel anxious? Can we avoid serious illness? How well will we adapt to e-learning if necessary? Although it’s important to acknowledge t…

When Eli Wayman, MD, decided to pursue a career in health care, specializing in family medicine seemed like a no-brainer. “I like to know as much as I can about medicine,” he said. “I didn’t want to choose a specialty that would keep me from experiencing a variety of conditions.” Dr. Wayman sees p…

Glynne Edwards, MD, has a passion for medicine and music because he believes that both allow for “lifelong learning.” Dr. Edwards joins Methodist Physicians Clinic as an interventional cardiologist. He is fascinated by the heart’s ability to control harmony within the body. “I think…