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Mistral athlete Kimberley Birkenfeld moves to rehab
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| US Sailing Team - Mistral athlete Kimberley Birkenfeld moves to rehab |
| PORTSMOUTH, RI-(10-9-2002) After a short stay at Oregon
Health and Science University Hospital (OHSU), US Sailing Team member
Kimberly Birkenfeld (Miami, Fla./Myrtle Creek, Ore.) has been discharged.
While at OHSU, Birkenfeld had been working with a physical therapist and
made progress in walking and speaking. She will now continue her recovery
at the Rehabilitation Institute of Oregon (RIO) at Legacy Good Samaritan
Hospital (Portland, Oregon) where she will receive intensive physical,
occupational, and speech therapy on a daily basis. Birkenfeld is the number
one ranked Women’s Windsurfer on the 2002 US Sailing Team. She was injured
in Greece on August 8 by a motorboat propeller while preparing for the
Athens 2002 Regatta.
Further updates on Birkenfeld’s condition will be issued as her progress
dictates.
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Source: Jan Harley, Media Pro |
