Visitation at
HealthSouth Nittany
Valley Rehab Hospital
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Visitation at
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 Luke
tries to defend his actions when he sees that his name is not on the lunch
list. "I didn't do it. And even if I did, it wasn't my fault.
Joe made me do it." |
 Kathi Cabill, the DMO, is not convinced and sentences Luke to two weeks of community service with Amputees Across America. |
 Our new Junior Ambassador, and Luke's replacement as the ride teenage heart throb, just smiles and schemes to alter the bike route to spend the next two weeks at the Hershey factory. |
 Sean appeals to young and old, exhorting them to be kind to Luke and then proceeds to woo all of the young ladies by telling everyone that Luke is really an elderly man in disguise who preys upon young women. |
 Travis, who is a traveling salesman for Willie Wonka bicycles, a subsidiary of RBR bicycles in State college, displays his wares. Founding a website for adaptive cycling Travis will make a lasting mark on the community. After seeing Luke in action, he has asked Joe to loan him Luke to act as a crash dummy.
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 Following lunch, where Luke has gone back for seconds, thirds, and fourths, the AAA mad hatters finally make it into the PT gym to talk to patients. |
 DJ, a bilateral Iraqi war survivor and HealthSouth outpatient, is shown chewing the fat and is awaiting the September delivery of a hand propelled cycle. We wish him well and know he will do well getting on with living and an active and full life. |
 Luke is shown here finally writing words of encouragement after tell a patient his life story and all of the ways that Joe has picked on him. Notice the interest shown by the patient of Lukas' tale of woe.
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In the process of putting the cap on his sharpie, Joe falls asleep. Bunking with Luke is beginning to take its toll. Lukas just smiles and continues to contemplate his next move against Sean, the Jr Ambassador heir apparent, and his rival for the affections of the opposite sex.
Thank you Nittany Valley Rehab for the wonderful reception and warm welcome. It was our pleasure to join you in recognizing some of your local heroes. Our thanks to Susan Hartman, CEO, who left town when she heard we were coming back. Thank you Kathi Cabill, DMO, and her able assistants, Jeri and Pat, for all that they did to make our visit a great success. You have a great staff, a great facility, and a great service to all those trying to return to living active lives. Thank you for letting us be with you for one wonderful day.
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Ron,
at left, eagerly awaits the delivery of two new legs which he thinks Sean
has on his bike. Unfortunately, Luke, in a bit of pique has replaced
them with 600 pounds of pig iron and fixed the gears so that they will not
work. Luke smiles as Joe helps Sean to climb the hill.
