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By Kortney Scroger<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 1998, Sally Linn was a promising ice skater headed to the Junior Olympics. Weeks later, she was in critical condition, comatose.<\/p>\n

It has been 20 years since Sally\u2019s life-changing two-and-a-half month stay in the Mary Bridge pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), but she remembers it vividly.<\/p>\n

\u201cOther hospitals treated me like a number; Mary Bridge treated me like family. It was a second home,\u201d says Linn.<\/p>\n

In March 1998, she was admitted to Mary Bridge with flu-like symptoms. Minutes after being admitted, Linn\u2019s heart stopped.<\/p>\n

The official diagnosis was acute viral myocarditis, a critical illness that attacked her heart as well as her motor nerves and muscles. Her condition was rare and survival was unheard of.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the care she received at Mary Bridge, Linn was the first person to survive this condition.<\/p>\n

For most her stay at Mary Bridge, Linn remained in critical condition. As a person of deep faith, she credits God, her supportive family and the team at Mary Bridge for her miraculous recovery.<\/p>\n

Before the PICU\u2019s donor-supported renovation in 2013, the only available space for visitors was one chair. Linn\u2019s family would sit with her in shifts while she healed, staying in an apartment provided by the hospital when they couldn\u2019t be by her side.<\/p>\n

Those apartments, called Tree House: A Place for Families and supported by donors, are still available to families today \u2014 just across the street from Mary Bridge.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it had not been for the apartments made available for my family, there was no way they could\u2019ve been with me as much as they were,\u201d Linn explains. \u201cWhen your world is shattered into bits, you need constant support.\u201d<\/p>\n

Linn remembers Mary Bridge being a place of comfort and happiness.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have memories of laughing and very light-hearted moments,\u201d Linn recalls. \u201cThe PICU nurses would find trinkets and put them on the shelf in my hospital room to make it feel more homey. One time, they snuck me down to the emergency room on a gurney so that I could see my dog.\u201d<\/p>\n

Linn\u2019s hospitalization was followed by another month of physical therapy at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital. Because of the attack on her nerves, she was never able to recover full motor function and left the hospital and rehab in a wheelchair.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey told me when I first woke up that we would assess my health after a year. And, I kept thinking that I couldn\u2019t wait that long. Well, 20 years later, things are still changing,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

Linn is now 32 years old. She works as a sexual assault educator, hosting webinars for counselors and seminars for her church. She has a degree from Washington State University.<\/p>\n

Although her ice-skating aspirations were cut short, Linn\u2019s attitude has remained positive. She thanks Mary Bridge doctors and donor support for her quality of life.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to share my experience because you can\u2019t see miracles just by looking at someone,\u201d she says. \u201cYou have no idea what someone has gone through to get where they are today. What others have done for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Support Mary Bridge Children\u2019s Hospital<\/h3>\n

Mary Bridge has been providing quality care for children like Sally for 63 years. More than 250,000 children receive care through the Mary Bridge Children\u2019s Hospital & Health Network each year, with help from generous donor contributions.<\/p>\n

You can support lifesaving care for kids like Sally by making a contribution to Where the Need is Greatest<\/a>. Learn more.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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