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Patient Story
Shriners Hospitals for Children Encourages Patient's Love for Swim Team and Horseback Riding
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/08/Shriners-Hospitals-for-Children-encourages-patients-love-for-swim-team-and-horseback-ridingWhen Maren was 2 years old she was diagnosed with cancer in her spine. Maren would spend a difficult year battling cancer that left her with a spinal cord injury and paralyzed from her mid-spine down. Maren’s doctors encouraged her parents to seek out Shriners Hospitals for Children — Northern Calif...
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Patient Story
Mila's Story: Continuing Care During COVID-19
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/08/Milas-story-Continuing-care-during-COVID-19When 13-year-old Mila from Greenfield, Massachusetts, a cross-country runner and gymnast, began to experience pain in her right hip this past fall, her primary care doctor referred her to the pediatric orthopaedic specialists at the Springfield Shriners Hospital.
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Patient Story
Bowel Management Program Helps Patient Gain Independence
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/08/Bowel-management-program-helps-patient-gain-independenceWhen Jordyn was a brand new baby, Yoni knew right away that she wasn’t feeding properly. Jordyn was Yoni’s third baby, so she knew how to manage the sleepless days with a newborn and teaching a newborn to drink milk. But Jordyn was unable to keep the milk down.
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Patient Story
Vertebral Body Tethering Leads to Patient Doing Backflips
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Patient Story
Successful Chest Wall Reconstruction Allows Patient to Pursue His Dreams
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/08/Successful-chest-wall-reconstruction-allows-patient-to-pursue-his-dreamsZachary's proper diagnosis of a rare chest wall condition, Currarino-Silverman syndrome, leads to reconstructive surgery that changes his life.
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News
September is National Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Month
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/08/September-is-National-Muscular-Dystrophy-Awareness-MonthSeptember is National Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Month, an annual observance that raises awareness for more than 250,000 families across the nation who are living with the neuromuscular disease.
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Patient Story
Shriners Hospitals for Children Inspires WCMX Wheelchair Skating Champion
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/08/Shriners-Hospitals-for-Children-inspires-WCMX-wheelchair-skating-championIn 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.
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Patient Story
Spine Surgery Gives Isabella The Confidence to Pursue Modeling!
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/08/Spine-surgery-gives-Isabella-the-confidence-to-pursue-modelingGuided by her instincts, Isabella and her family made a trip to the Portland Shriners Hospital for a second opinion, where they met with pediatric orthopaedic physician Michelle Welborn, M.D.
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Patient Story
Determined Patient Overcomes Obstacles in Eagle Scout Project
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/08/Determined-patient-overcomes-obstacles-in-Eagle-Scout-projectBoy Scout and Shriners Hospitals for Children patient Riley recently overcame many obstacles to complete an Eagle Scout project to benefit patient families of the Erie Shriners Medical Center.
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News
Spotlight on Susan Brogna
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/08/Spotlight-on-Susan-BrognaSusan Brogna has been the medical photographer for Shriners Hospitals for Children — Boston for 24 years. Born with a cleft lip and palate, Sue was often photographed at hospitals when growing up.