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Rehab Care, Close to Home, Helps Caroline County
Commissioner Recover from Farm Accident

Wilbur Levengood is not a man to take UM Shore Rehab at Denton, UM Shore
a setback lying down, or for that matter, Home Care, Autumn Lake Nursing Wishing you the joy
even sitting down. The 65-year old Home before returning to the Denton of family, the gift of
lifelong resident of Caroline County is Rehab team in 2019.
too busy – as a farmer, an entrepreneur, friends, and the best of
a Caroline County commissioner and “I felt more comfortable knowing that I everything during this
member of the County’s volunteer fi re would be seeing Charlie for my therapy,” holiday season.
department – to be “laid up” with injury Levengood says. “When you get local Much happiness and a
or illness. care from someone you know, you have
a sense of trust, and trust is important Merry Christmas to all.
But accidents happen, and farm because half of healing successfully is --Nancy & Tina
equipment can be especially hazardous. having a good state of mind.”
On June 12, Levengood was working

alone on one of his 200 tillable acres The respect is mutual. Over the course
in Goldsboro, when he slipped on of Levengood’s therapy, which was
provided twice a week at first but is Magic Mirror
to equipment and ruptured his left
quadricep tendon above the kneecap. now once a week, Moore says, “I was Beauty Shoppe
He was flown by helicopter to Baltimore really impressed by his motivation

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Three weeks after his discharge from At Christmas and always, wishing you the
the hospital, his cast came off and was miracle of peace and the joy of His blessings!

replaced by a brace. By the last week
of August, steady improvement had
enabled him to begin physical therapy at
University of Maryland Shore Rehab at
Denton. Eager to get back to full activity,
he was already walking in a straight
brace, but not yet able to get back on
his tractor.

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