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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
Dad's Words: Our Shriners Hospital Experience
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2021/01/Dads-words-Our-Shriners-Hospital-experienceThere is no instruction manual for parenthood, but even if there was, I don’t think it would have a section on how to react when your child tells you they want to die.
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Patient Story
Show Me That Smile
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2021/01/Show-me-that-smileIt 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.
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Patient Story
Young Patient Takes Her First Steps Thanks to New Prosthetic Leg
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2021/01/Young-patient-takes-her-first-steps-thanks-to-new-prosthetic-legReferred to Lauren Hyer, M.D., at the Greenville Shriners Hospital through a Facebook support group when Taylor was 8, Rachel said the experience has been “absolutely life-changing.”
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Patient Story
Patient Ambassador Featured on 2020 Holiday Card
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/12/Patient-Ambassador-featured-on-2020-holiday-cardPatient ambassador, Katie, is the featured artist on our 2020 holiday card. Katie was born with spina bifida and has been a patient at Shriners Healthcare for Children — Florida since she was 3 years old.
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News
Sports Enthusiast Lincoln is Surprised with New Prosthetic!
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/12/Sports-enthusiast-Lincoln-is-surprised-with-new-prostheticJust in time for the holidays, the Portland Shriners Hospital and the Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) were able to surprise patient Lincoln with a new prosthetic leg, custom-made to fit his specific athletic needs.
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News
Paralympian Superstar and Former Patient, Desmond, Goes for the Gold
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/12/Paralympian-superstar-and-former-patient-Desmond-goes-for-the-goldDesmond, affectionately known as “Dez,” is the fastest above-knee amputee in the U.S. and also a former Shriners Hospitals for Children — Philadelphia patient.
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Patient Story
Colton: Patient Ambassador
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/12/Colton-Patient-AmbassadorColton, from West Springfield, Massachusetts, became a patient at the Springfield Shriners Hospital in 2012 when he was 3 years old. He was born with a condition known as spina bifida, specifically L2-L3 myelodysplasia, a birth defect that occurs when the spine and spinal cord do not form properly.
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News
Life-changing Care Helps Patient with Cerebral Palsy Achieve his Dreams
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/12/Life-changing-care-helps-patient-with-cerebral-palsy-achieve-his-dreamsJust a few months after receiving his diagnosis, Sam’s family was referred to Shriners Hospitals for Children — Greenville. The result of his operations has been astounding.
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Infantile cerebral palsy and its orthopedic treatment
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/11/Parlisis-cerebral-infantil-y-su-tratamiento-ortopdicoInfantile cerebral palsy and orthopedic treatment at Shriners Hospital