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News
'Tis the Season for Giving!
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/11/Tis-the-season-for-givingThe holiday season is quickly approaching, and that means that Giving Tuesday is right around the corner. Internationally recognized as a global generosity movement, Giving Tuesday occurs this year on December 1.
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Patient Story
Boy With Cerebral Palsy Finds Perfect Harmony With Care Team
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/11/Boy-with-cerebral-palsy-finds-perfect-harmony-with-care-teamEvery individual of a health care team plays a part in a larger masterpiece, including the patient and their family. James and his journey at Shriners Hospitals for Children is a wonderful example of this advantageous alignment.
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News
Pediatric Psychologist Joins Portland Shriners Hospital Medical Team
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/11/Pediatric-psychologist-joins-Portland-Shriners-Hospital-medical-teamFilling the role of pediatric psychologist, Catherine McClellan, Ph.D., recently joined the medical team at Shriners Hospitals for Children — Portland, where she will work closely with care providers and the behavioral health team to provide psychological support for patients.
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Patient Story
Back to the Beautiful Music
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/11/Back-to-the-beautiful-musicJasmine nestles her viola underneath her chin and takes a deep breath. The 11-year-old Evansville, Indiana, girl can get lost in the moment while making music. Thanks to recent surgery at Shriners Hospitals for Children — St. Louis, she now can do so without pain.
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News
A Hug From La La Higgy Bear
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/11/A-hug-from-La-La-Higgy-BearArrya’s eyelids were drooping toward sleep mode as she sat in her wheelchair with her bedazzled halo traction device holding her head upright.
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News
'POPS' Stands for More Than Pediatric Orthotic and Prosthetic Services
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/10/POPS-stands-for-more-than-Pediatric-Orthotic-and-Prosthetic-ServicesPediatric Orthotic and Prosthetic Services (POPS) – Southeast, LLC, at Shriners Hospitals for Children — Greenville is an in-house resource, providing care for our patients who have limb deficiencies or bracing needs from infancy to 18 years of age.
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Patient Story
Chloe's Bad Break
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/10/Chloes-bad-breakChloe 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...
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Patient Story
Finding the Beautiful Swan Within
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/10/Finding-the-beautiful-swan-withinThe year was 1979, and Shari was a shattered 11-year-old girl. With a spine curved so severely by scoliosis that she struggled to lift her head to look forward, she was the target of her classmates’ abuse. But then Shriners Hospital for Children — St. Louis entered her life via a scoliosis screening...
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News
The Building Blocks to Stronger Bones
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/10/The-building-blocks-to-stronger-bonesGrowing bones require more than just a glass of milk to remain up to the task of supporting kids as they run, jump and play. While childhood is the ideal time to build up that bone bank, adults also can adjust their lifestyles for better bone health. Here are three habits the whole family can follow...
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Patient Story
What Will the X-ray Say?
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/10/What-will-the-X-ray-sayRebecca 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...