Patient Story

Shriners Hospitals for Children Inspires WCMX Wheelchair Skating Champion

Aug 28, 2020 https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/08/Shriners-Hospitals-for-Children-inspires-WCMX-wheelchair-skating-champion

In Sacramento, 16-year old Alyssa was tearing up the skate park. She launched herself into a 12-foot vertical drop, shot straight down the concrete bowl lined with chipped pool tiles and raced full speed to the other side where she spun back around with a look of fierce determination.

Patient Story

Salt Lake City Family is Leaders in Care Cover Story

Sep 23, 2020 https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/09/Salt-Lake-City-family-is-Leaders-in-Care-cover-story

Shriners Hospitals for Children — Salt Lake City is pleased to announce two of its patients and their family is featured on the cover of the latest fall edition of Leaders in CARE – a quarterly, national magazine sharing stories of the most amazing care anywhere, from Shriners Hospitals for Children...

Podcast

Back In the Game

Mar 04, 2019 https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Podcasts/2019/03/Back-In-the-Game

Podcast with Dr. Jeremy Bauer to discuss common sports injuries. He shares information on fractures, treatment options available and tips to prevent them.

Podcast

Child Life Services Helping Kids Cope

Sep 20, 2019 https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Podcasts/2019/09/Child-life-Services-Helping-Kids-Cope

Podcast about what a Child Life Specialist does and common techniques used to help children cope.

Podcast

Travel Tips for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Dec 21, 2023 https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Podcasts/2023/12/Travel-Tips-for-Juvenile-Idiopathic-Arthritis

Linda Wagner-Weiner, M.D., MS, and Cathy Schroeder, RN, BSN, discuss travel tips with children who have juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Patient Story

Chloe's Bad Break

Oct 20, 2020 https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/10/Chloes-bad-break

Chloe knew something was wrong in the first few moments after she surfaced in the middle of the Lake of the Ozarks. Seconds before, the 16-year-old Wentzville, Missouri, girl had been thrown from a tube dragged by a speed boat. She looked at her left arm, floating in the water, and willed it to move...

Patient Story

Show Me That Smile

Jan 08, 2021 https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2021/01/Show-me-that-smile

It was an ordinary afternoon in the lunch room of a Rochester, New York, elementary school, and all Ryan wanted to do was eat an apple like his classmates.

Patient Story

Unbroken Effort

Nov 16, 2020 https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/11/Unbroken-effort

Moments of levity are rare when parents share the stories of how their children ended up at Shriners Hospitals for Children — St. Louis for treatment. And then there’s Hadley’s mom, Connie.

Patient Story

Kiera's Successful Surgery Sends Her Leaping Back to Ballet

Dec 10, 2020 https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/12/Kieras-successful-surgery-sends-her-leaping-back-to-ballet

When Kiera turned 11, she began to experience back pain. While her pain wasn’t necessarily severe, it was adequate enough to warrant a trip to her primary care provider. Once her physician noticed not one, but two curves in Kiera’s spine, she was immediately referred to the Portland Shriners Hospita...

Video

Abby's Shriners Children's Journey

Jul 21, 2023 https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Videos/2023/07/Abbys-Shriners-Childrens-Journey

Abby was referred to Shriners Children’s by a pediatrician in her hometown, who couldn’t figure out why she kept breaking her feet. They knew she needed specialized orthopedic care.