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Pediatric Care
History of Shriners Hospitals for Children Canada
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/Locations/Canada/About-Us/Our-HistoryHistory of Shriners Hospitals for Children Canada opened May 6, 1925.
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Specialty Clinics
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/Locations/Portland/Patients-and-Families/Specialty-ClinicsShriners Children's Portland Specialty Clinics, providing customized care and care plans for your child.
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Condition
Genu Varum
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/Pediatric-Care/Genu-Varum"Bowlegs." It's the common name used in place of a medical term — genu varum — for a condition almost all babies are born with. But if your child doesn't outgrown his or her bowlegs, Shriners Children's is there to help.
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Patient Story
First of its Kind Legislative Bill Extends Physical Therapy Visits
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2021/01/First-of-its-kind-legislative-bill-extends-physical-therapy-visitsLegislators serving in the Utah State Legislative Session will soon gather at the Utah State Capitol to consider myriad matters of importance. They do so knowing they may never bear witness to the individual beneficiaries of the policies they put in place..
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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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Condition
Rickets
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/Pediatric-Care/RicketsRickets is a softening and weakening of bones in children, often caused by a vitamin D deficiency, but rickets can also have genetic causes. Shriners Children's doctors are experienced in diagnosing and treating rickets in its various forms.
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Patient Story
Lily Ready to Treat Patients with Same Type of Care She Received
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-receivedLily 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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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...
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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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Service
Inpatient Bowel Management
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/Pediatric-Care/Inpatient-Bowel-ManagementPatients with severe constipation or who have not achieved success in outpatient bowel management can benefit from out intensive inpatient program tailored to the unique needs of each patient and family.