Meet Elly

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Speaker 1:

Can you tell him what it says?

Elly:

I am special because I have a short leg.

Speaker 1:

We found out very early on that Ellie has a condition called PFFD, which is proximal femoral focal deficiency. Came to Shriners when Ellie was about a year and a half, and that's when we first met Dr. Luhmann and his team. Coming to Shriners has always been a very welcoming experience. They've always made us feel like we were doing the absolute best thing possible for our little girl. It's absolutely incredible. For her fifth birthday, last March, the only thing she wanted was a bike with pedals, and Shriners was helping us with that and recommended her for the BikeFit program, which she participated in this summer, was a six-week program. They custom-built her a bike, worked with her, taught her how to ride a bike, and now she gets to ride that bike to school every day.

Shriners has helped us through this process, making us feel that we can just let Ellie live her life and become the strong, confident little girl that she has become. My favorite thing about going to Shriners is just how absolutely friendly everybody is. You walk around the corner and everybody greets you with a smile. You feel like you know everybody, feel like everybody knows you. It's very welcoming.

We're so grateful for everything that Shriners has done for our little girl and everything they're continuing to do for our little girl.

Can you tell them what that's a picture of?

Elly:

Card, house.

Speaker 1:

But what's on the picture? Is that Shriners?

Elly:

Shriners.

Speaker 3:

That's Shriners?

Speaker 1:

Is that where you got your bike?

Elly:

Thank you, Shriners.

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