Patient Story

Meet Luke: Our 100th Motion Analysis Center Patient

Oct 26, 2021 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2021/10/Luke

Luke became a patient after a motorbike accident destroyed the tendons in the front of his left leg.

Event

Un-Limb-ited Camps

Mar 04, 2022 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/Events/2022/Unlimbited-Camps

Un-Limb-ited camps are for teen patients of Shriners Children’s living with limb loss or deficiency.

Podcast

Multidisciplinary Orthopedic Care

Jun 15, 2021 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/Podcasts/2021/06/Multidisciplinary-Orthopedic-Care

Molly Grant, MSN, APN, CPNP, explains the multidisciplinary approach to orthopedic issues in children at Shriners Children's Chicago. Grant is also the mom of a patient.

Patient Story

Going the Distance

Oct 02, 2020 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/10/Going-the-distance

Narshare and her son Kareem are a long way from home. The two are adapting to life in the United States while Kareem undergoes treatment for Blount’s disease, a problem with the growth plates around the knees that causes severe bowing of the lower legs.

Patient Story

Shriners Hospitals for Children Feels Like Home to Michael

Mar 04, 2021 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2021/03/Shriners-Hospitals-for-Children-feels-like-home-to-Michael

Eight-year-old Michael has been a patient at the medical center since he was a baby, and has had nearly a dozen surgeries to treat his scoliosis and a congenital condition called arthrogryposis, which involves stiffness of the joints that limits the range of motion.

Patient Story

The Tools of the Trade

Sep 29, 2020 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/09/The-tools-of-the-trade

A tear slid down Ashleigh Bentz’s cheek as she opened the toolbox. A shoe horn. A pipe cutter. Clamps. The tools that helped make Marvin Hohbein the master prosthetist that he was for decades at Shriners Hospitals for Children — St. Louis now were held tenderly in the hands of a former patient who h...

Patient Story

From Donor to Dad

Sep 29, 2020 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/09/From-donor-to-dad

The recreational therapy/child life staff plays a vital role in helping make the hospital seem less scary to patients by promoting positive coping skills. They use what’s called “medical play” before surgery, complete with a special doll and real medical equipment, to help reduce fears of what is to...

News

Our Shriner Drivers: Great Ambassadors of Our Hospital and Our Care

Jun 15, 2022 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2022/06/Canada-Shriner-Reflection

In 1996, when Del Dumoulin was Potentate of the Karnak Shriners in Montreal, he and his colleagues decided that transportation of patients would be a great way to help the hospital.

News

Santa Virtually Visits Patients at Shriners Children's Spokane

Dec 16, 2021 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2021/12/Santa-Virtually-Visits-Patients

Ol’ St. Nick visited with patients one-on-one ahead of Christmas

News

Patients Turned Interns

Dec 01, 2020 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/12/Patients-turned-interns

Two impressive interns joined the rehabilitation team at Shriners Hospitals for Children — Salt Lake City last summer. The two students shared a special connection to the hospital as former patients.