07.22.10 'Divine intervention,' Cable Guy's gift bolster Madonna facility

'Divine intervention,' Cable Guy's gift bolster Madonna facility
by Mark Anderson, Lincoln Journal Star

Six Swedes dumbly eye a $ 275,000 Lokomat, one of only a dozen pediatric robotic gait devices in the U.S. and a signature feature of the new Alexis Verzal Children's Rehabilitation Hospital at Madonna in Lincoln.

Made in Sweden, the device will hasten the recoveries of children with brain and spinal injuries, using computers to adjust muscle assistance.

But Tuesday, it rested heavily, facing backward and almost inviting a Larry the Cable Guy-style wisecrack.

Larry, aka Nebraska-born comic Dan Whitney, made a $ 1.2 million anchor donation last Christmas to lock the new hospital's construction into high gear.

In March, a Bobcat ripped through the halls of Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital's former subacute care center, clearing a space that had been used by geriatrics.

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