Real life survivors following each episode of Survivor

We're only a week into Survivor Thailand, but the excitement is already building as survivor fever hits. <br><br>There's one group of survivor fans that never miss an episode and have even taken

Thursday, September 26th 2002, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

We're only a week into Survivor Thailand, but the excitement is already building as survivor fever hits.

There's one group of survivor fans that never miss an episode and have even taken their passion for the show into their workplace. News on Six anchor LeAnne Taylor checks it out in Okmulgee.

Barbara Osbourn is an occupational therapist. She spends her days helping patients, getting back on the road to good health. Barbara is also a fan of the reality show survivor. "Everyday we work with people who are survivors. They've gone through a medical condition that's been complicated for them make them have to adapt to their environment and so I think mentally we just think in that direction so we just connected to the show."

Barbara and the staff at the George Nigh Rehabilitation Center in Okmulgee are survivor super fans. Theyâ€™ve created this display complete with a giant elephant, appropriately named Rehab. "It takes their mind off what's happened to them whether it's physically or mentally and allows them to think about something else and we look at it two things that we look at, they have to adapt or we have to modify through occupational therapy and that's the way they do on Survivor, they have to modify and adapt pretty quick."

This survivor fever is nothing new. They've been watching since the first survivor aired. "We have a patient who he was here during the second season and we still email to him after he was discharged and gone back home. We email back and forth he's got hooked on it so we try to pull the patients into it."

Each of the staff has chosen whom they think will win, the person who's right wins an immunity necklace that's still in the making.

So as the season unfolds you can expect the folkâ€™s here will be watching and waiting to see who will be the ultimate survivor. At this point, the leading vote getters for Survivor, Jake and Ken.