Colbi's Story

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Colbi, Patient, Shriners Children's Philadelphia:

What happened with my accident was a drunk driver hit us head-on, and my head got split from here to here, and my neck got broken and then I got here, and ever since I've been just working hard with therapy. Scary at first. I was scared, but it gets better.

Amanda, Colbi's Mother:

Back at home, we're from Vermont, we have a lot of family in our community and stuff is affiliated with Shriners, so when Colbi got hurt, that was the first thing everybody contacted us about. They're like, "You need to go to Shriners."

Came a long way with the transition of his hands and being able to sit upright and talking. I would say that their therapists are amazing. They definitely are willing to meet the kids' needs, they are willing to go above and beyond to get the equipment they need for the children to do as they need to still be independent living.

Colbi:

One of the best probably therapists here, his name is Sean, he went out and he bought me a polo hat without me even asking. I don't know, they-

Amanda:

They're just very welcoming.

Colbi:

... they do stuff. They do stuff for you that normal hospitals wouldn't do.

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