The Nebraska Medicine Stroke and Neurovascular Center provides around-the-clock care of stroke patients using a well-defined, systematic approach to care and treatment to achieve optimal results.
It was March 6, 1998, my freshman year of high school. My childhood dream had come true, and I was just finishing my first season on the high school basketball team. On the way home from school that day, I was in a car accident with four of my girlfriends. An ambulance rushed me to the hospital, I was unresponsive.
Read a story about Kendra Jackson, and how her chronically runny nose turned out to be a cerebrospinal fluid leak. Once told it was only allergies, Doctor Schneider suspected it was a more dangerous condition.
Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability in this country. More than 800,000 people have a stroke every year. Learn more about stroke and what you can do to prevent one.