After stumbling across the one review of MMRC that I see posted in Yelp, I cannot let this gross…read moreinjustice go unaddressed, nor can I fathom how anyone could give MMRC less than a 5-star rating ... and I would go far beyond that if I were allowed to do so.
My first experience with MS. Rehab was in 2008, I believe, when my wife -- who was wheelchair-bound by Multiole Scleroses and severe scoliosis -- had undergone urostomy surgery. I spent every night in her room with her for three weeks, and I eye-witnessed the best nursing and rehabilitation care one could hope to find anywhere on Planet Earth, not merely in the Jackson community. Her room and all areas of the facility were (and still are!) very well designed to meet the needs of professional proficiency and to extend the highest imaginable level of comfort and a nurturing atmosphere for patients, family, and visitors in terms of lovely decor and high quality, state-of-the-art equipment and furnishings -- all maintained immaculately by courteous staff who diligently avoid disturbing either activities or rest for patients and their guests. And the food has no resemblance to ordinary "hospital food" -- MMRC's is very, very tasty, fresh, nutritional, and downright good ... and I am a picky eater!
Eight years later in 2016, I suffered a stroke, after which I was very fortunate to be admitted to MMRC for rehabilitation so I could return to functioning in my career. As chance would have it, my MS-disabled wife underwent a surgery that was essential to her relief of chronic pain as well as her functionality. MMRC admitted her under unusual circumstances because the two of us would have to learn how to help each other with tasks which we suddenly found ourselves incapacitated to perform individually as we'd always done. This time I experienced the extraordinary care of MMRC both as an observer of the care given to my wife (whose room was in another section of the facility from mine because our needs for treatment were different) AND I myself experienced the Center as a patient. My wife and I were able to enjoy meals together and visit in each other's room as well as the quite comfortable public spaces. Our therapists were notably outstanding, taking personal interests in our rehabilitation and in every other aspect of our well-being. Both of us soon counted a number of personnel as new friends who demonstrated that they cared deeply for us.
Since leaving MMRC as a patient and as a family member, I've heard personal accounts from numerous others who would subscribe to and endorse the same testimony I've given here, no doubt having more tributes to offer, in fact. Several of them suffered from spinal cord injuries, brain injuries, and many other forms of accidents and afflictions that I might assume were more traumatic and threatening to living a quality lifestyle than were the issues which put Anne and me under MMRC's care.
I could write pages and pages more, but I believe I should stop here. for the sake of brevity. I assure those who read this that nothing of what I've said is exaggerated, embellished, or otherwise hyperbolic. I am and always will be indebted to MS. Methodist Rehab for their world-class service to my wife and to me. MMRC is among U.S. News & World Report's highest rated rehabilitation centers in the country, and that list includes facilities serving substantially larger metropolitan areas than ours. I know of no institution of any kind anywhere that could match the high esteem in which I hold Mississippi Methodist Rehabilitation Center!
