LEFT: When William McCraney, here with his wife, Brenda, was in a motorcycle accident, orthopedic trauma experts at Methodist
Dallas fought to save his leg. With the new Sammons Tower, the hospital will be even better prepared to serve patients like McCraney.
The paramedics still remember the accident, almost three years ago, when
they found William McCraney and his destroyed motorcycle on the side of
northbound Interstate 35 — and 6 inches of his shinbone on the other side.
McCraney had been hit by a truck, miles from his home in Denton and even
farther from Methodist Dallas Medical Center. But it was to that hospital — one
of only three adult trauma centers in Dallas County — that CareFlight brought
the then-25-year-old nursing student. He couldn’t be more grateful.
“
I think God had his hand in all of it,” says McCraney, now 27. “CareFlight
could have taken me to one of the other trauma centers, but then I
wouldn’t have had someone with Dr. Mani’s expertise. My experience at
Methodist Dallas has been great.”
While it appeared that McCraney would lose his leg, Usha Mani, MD,
independently practicing traumatologist on the medical staff, had hope that a
procedure called distraction osteogenesis could prevent that.
“
A bad injury does not always equal a bad result,” Dr. Mani says. “You don’t
throw in the towel, and you don’t give up.”
And so began the long, unpredictable journey to regrow McCraney’s leg. This
process, lasting well over two years, required endless diligence from both
McCraney and Dr. Mani, but it paid off. Today, McCraney has his life, his leg,
and a positive outlook on the future.
“
I truly believe that God used this to increase my faith and that He gave Dr. Mani
the wisdom and patience needed to save my leg,” McCraney says. “I think some
doctors would have just said, ‘We’ve tried,’ and given up. Not everyone gets to
say they witnessed a miracle, let alone be the one to experience the miracle.”
life
“
NOT EVERYONE
GETS TO SAY
THEY WITNESSED
A MIRACLE,
LET ALONE BE
THE ONE TO
EXPERIENCE THE
MIRACLE.”
—
William McCraney
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Texas law prohibits hospitals from practicing medicine. The physicians on the Methodist Health System medical staff are
independent practitioners who are not employees or agents of Methodist Health System or Methodist Dallas Medical Center.
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Crossroads Annual Report
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