Healing Together

Albert was on his way to get his grandmother a hamburger when he suffered a severe spinal cord injury in a car accident. He was not expected to move or even breathe on his own again.

By Albert Keys. January 2010.
I was in a nursing home. My life was four walls and a ceiling, laying on my back, watching Oprah and tube feeding. I couldn’t talk. Couldn’t move. One day Doc Holekamp came to visit. He asked me if I’d be interested in coming to Ranken Jordan.

The first thing I remember after coming to Ranken Jordan was the whirlpool tub. It was the first real bath I’d had in four months. I didn’t want to get out.

Today, my main drive is therapy. My goal is to get back into society, continue my education and become a motivational speaker.

I want to present myself as an example. They say those who can’t do, teach. I want to do both.

What would my life be like without Ranken Jordan? What life?