Vertebral Body Tethering Leads to Patient Doing Backflips

Lucy's Shriners Hospital Christmas

On Christmas morning, Santa – who bears an uncanny resemblance to medical resident Alex Wendling – is scheduled to make a special stop at the inpatient unit of Shriners Hospitals for Children — St. Louis. The jolly old elf has found the temporary home of a 12-year-old girl from Guatemala named Lucy....

What Will the X-ray Say?

Rebecca 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...

Successful Chest Wall Reconstruction Allows Patient to Pursue His Dreams

Zachary's proper diagnosis of a rare chest wall condition, Currarino-Silverman syndrome, leads to reconstructive surgery that changes his life.

Chloe's Bad Break

Chloe 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...

Show Me That Smile

It 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.

Dad's Words: Our Shriners Hospital Experience

There 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.

Allie Found Her Life’s Mission at Shriners Children’s Shreveport

Following spinal fusion surgery at Shriners Children's Shreveport, Allie found herself inspired to pursue a medical career to positively impact the lives of children.

Clara Shines During Scoliosis Treatments

Read about Clara's experience with Mehta casting for her scoliosis at Shriners Children's

From Knee Injury to Softball Scholarship

Jessica turned to the sports medicine care and return to sports testing at Shriners Hospitals to get back on the softball field after an ACL injury.