Doctors have certain established guidelines that can aid in this decision, but every individual is unique. For instance, Heller had his left shoulder replaced last because it’s on his nondominant side. In some cases, it’s a simple matter of starting with the joint that’s most painful and debilitating, but that’s not always a reliable gauge. “If, for example, you need to have both the hip and knee on the same side replaced, the doctor will usually advise doing the hip first, even if the knee seems to be causing more pain. The reason being, pain experienced in the knee can be referred from the hip, so if you do the hip first, you can then determine how much pain is actually coming from the knee,” Leidel says. For Carter and Heller, the question may now be academic because, as Carter jests, they’re running out of joints to replace. But if either of them does end up needing rehab again, no doubt it’ll be at The Laurels. “I would recommend this place to anyone who has a joint replaced. The people here are very nice, and they keep pushing you along until you reach your goals,” Heller says. ❦
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n an innovative effort to strengthen community health and wellness, Mercy and Oregon City Schools (OCS) have partnered to open our region’s first school-based health center on the campus of Clay High School. Staffed by Cherie Csehi-Sexton, District Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner for OCS, Mercy Health Center at OCS will provide a full range of healthcare services, including immunizations, well care, sick visits, sports injury care, sports physicals, and urgent care, to anyone in the community age 21 or under, regardless of whether they are OCS students. Csehi-Sexton, who has nine years’ experience caring for the children of Oregon City Schools as both a school and district nurse, in addition to private practice and pediatric emergency medicine, notes that she first heard
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students can sign a consent form allowing their kids to come to the center for care so they don’t have to leave work to bring them here. The students can then schedule their visits during academic assist or study hall periods so they miss very little if any actual class time. Even students who don’t attend Clay High School will benefit from the center’s proximity about this novel healthcare concept in the community and convenient about five years ago when she was before- and after-school hours.” caring for her mother in Colorado. However, Csehi-Sexton emphasizes “One of the nurse practhat Mercy Health Center titioners there found out at OCS is open to the that I work in a school entire community, not system and asked, ‘Oh, just Clay High School or are you in a school-based other OCS students. She’s health center?’ I had no also hoping to expand idea what that was, so I the center’s offerings to started doing research include adult services in and learned that these the future as well as to centers are located right transition from a partwhere our target populatime to full-time practice. tion is and provide very Currently, the center is easy, convenient access open 20 hours per week, to healthcare services,” including Mondays from Cherie Csehi-Sexton she says. 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., TuesTo determine whether days from 8:00 a.m. to the Oregon community would sup- 3:00 p.m., Thursdays from 8:00 a.m. port such an initiative, OCS surveyed to noon, and Fridays from 7:00 a.m. parents in the district. The feedback to 1:00 p.m. (closed on Wednesday). was overwhelmingly positive, with These hours were chosen based on 95% of those who responded say- feedback provided by parents during ing they would definitely utilize a the survey process. school-based health center. OCS also Mercy Health Center at OCS explored various funding options, opened its doors on November 11, ultimately partnering with Mercy and Csehi-Sexton was surprised to to launch the new center. have a patient on the first day, two Though Mercy Health Center at more the following day, and several OCS is part of the Clay High School calls to schedule appointments. “To building, it functions as a private pe- have a brand-new concept and practice diatric practice with its own separate generate that level of interest from the entrance and designated parking. The community beginning on day one is center’s location and work-friendly very exciting and encouraging,” she hours help minimize absenteeism says. ❦ for students as well as time lost on the job for parents. As Csehi-Sexton To make an appointment at Mercy Health explains, “Parents of Clay High School Center at OCS, please call 419-696-5533.
Mercy and OCS open region’s first school-based health center at Clay High School
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