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Patient Story
Ready for the Return Home
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2021/01/Ready-for-the-return-homeWhen 5-year-old Marie Eva steps off the plane in the West African nation of Ivory Coast next month, she’ll walk into the waiting arms of a family who has missed her desperately for the past 15 months. Walk, not crawl.
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Patient Story
Jennifer's Story
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/09/Jennifers-storyJennifer was born with a rare medical condition of which there are less than 100 reported cases in literature worldwide – ahrinia, or congenital absence of the nose.
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Patient Story
Boston Shriners Hospital Patient Inspired to Pursue a Medical Degree
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2021/01/Boston-Shriners-Hospital-patient-inspired-to-pursue-a-medical-degreeBoston Shriners Hospital patient inspired to pursue a medical degree
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Patient Story
Spine Surgery Gives Isabella The Confidence to Pursue Modeling!
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/08/Spine-surgery-gives-Isabella-the-confidence-to-pursue-modelingGuided by her instincts, Isabella and her family made a trip to the Portland Shriners Hospital for a second opinion, where they met with pediatric orthopaedic physician Michelle Welborn, M.D.
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Patient Story
Boy With Cerebral Palsy Finds Perfect Harmony With Care Team
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/11/Boy-with-cerebral-palsy-finds-perfect-harmony-with-care-teamEvery individual of a health care team plays a part in a larger masterpiece, including the patient and their family. James and his journey at Shriners Hospitals for Children is a wonderful example of this advantageous alignment.
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Condition
Fibrous Dysplasia
A bone condition in which abnormal fibrous tissue develops in place of normal bone. As the fibrous tissue grows and expands it can weaken the bone causing it to fracture or become deformed.
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Service
Inpatient Bowel Management
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/Pediatric-Care/Inpatient-Bowel-ManagementPatients with severe constipation or who have not achieved success in outpatient bowel management can benefit from out intensive inpatient program tailored to the unique needs of each patient and family.
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Service
Music Therapy
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/Pediatric-Care/Music-TherapyAt Shriners Children's, we use a holistic approach to treatment. Providing music therapy is just one of the ways that we care for the overall well-being of children.
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Treatment
Physical Therapy with an External Fixator
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/Pediatric-Care/Physical-Therapy-with-an-External-FixatorPhysical therapy combined with an external fixator (EXFIX) can help create the best quality of life for a child treated at Shriners Children's for a limb length discrepancy.
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Patient Story
We're in This Together
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2021/01/Were-in-this-together