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Lucy's Shriners Hospital Christmas

Dec 19, 2020 https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/12/Lucys-Shriners-Hospital-Christmas

On Christmas morning, Santa – who bears an uncanny resemblance to medical resident Alex Wendling – is scheduled to make a special stop at the inpatient unit of Shriners Hospitals for Children — St. Louis. The jolly old elf has found the temporary home of a 12-year-old girl from Guatemala named Lucy....

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Active College Student Credits Lifestyle to Care at Shriners Children’s Lexington

Sep 20, 2023 https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2023/09/Grayson-Remains-Active

Grayson lives life to the fullest thanks to prosthetics care.

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Chloe's Story

Feb 25, 2022 https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2022/02/Chloe

17-year-old Chloe returns to Shriners Children's St. Louis, from her home country of St. Lucia, for her second limb lengthening surgery. Her joyful smile matches her bright future.

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For Gabriel, the Word “Disability” Doesn’t Float

Jun 12, 2024 https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2024/06/Gabriel-Texas-OI

Gabriel decided long ago that osteogenesis imperfecta would not stop him from pursuing his hobbies and interests.

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Shriners Children’s Spokane Patient Lauren Fields Qualifies for Paris Paralympics

Aug 19, 2024 https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Paralympic-Stories/2024/Lauren-Paralympics

An 18-year-old from Spokane Valley is heading to Paris to compete in her first-ever Paralympic Games in wheelchair racing.

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Former Patient Trains in Burn Care at Shriners Children's Northern California

Nov 05, 2024 https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2024/11/Nahomis-Burn-Care-Story

Nahomi Barragan-Carmona, M.D., recently returned to the world’s leading pediatric burn hospital to learn more about advanced skills in burn treatment from the medical team that saved her life.

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Lily Ready to Treat Patients with Same Type of Care She Received

Feb 24, 2021 https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2021/02/Lily-ready-to-treat-patients-with-same-type-of-care-she-received

Lily has been coming to Shriners Hospitals for Children Medical Center – Lexington nearly all her life. As a baby, she visited for the first time, and this week, at 21, she had her last appointment.

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Teen Recovers in Pediatric Rehabilitation Program

Jan 14, 2021 https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2021/01/Teen-recovers-in-pediatric-rehabilitation-program

Knowing Jalen needed a pediatric rehabilitation medical team for intense physical therapy, her doctors recommended care at Shriners Hospitals for Children — Northern California.

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What Will the X-ray Say?

Oct 15, 2020 https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/10/What-will-the-X-ray-say

Rebecca is understandably nervous. In less than a week, she will travel the 29 miles from her St. Peters, Missouri, home with her 13-year-old son, Joey, to Shriners Hospitals for Children — St. Louis for his yearly follow-up. Joey will leave his mom in the waiting room, and a radiology technician wi...

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Prosthetist Attributes Patient's Success With Prosthesis to Engaged Care

Jul 06, 2020 https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/07/Prosthetist-attributes-patients-success-with-prosthesis-to-engaged-care

Born with tibial hemimelia, Noah’s foot was amputated when he was 10 months old. The Shriners Hospitals for Children — Salt Lake City staff has been with him on his journey ever since.