Sampson as an example of a situation where Shriners stepped in to help: Sampson has been an athlete all his life; he is an expert wrestler and a great football player. Sampson was participating in a regular football practice for the Lewis and Clark Tigers in Spokane. He was a starter on the freshman team and was asked to step into a position on the line for the Junior Varsity. The play was called and as Sampson blocked his opponent, he felt a sharp pain in his hip and immediately went down. After the hit, he found he was in such pain it was difficult to get up. The pain was not subsiding; his parents took him to see his doctor who referred him to the pediatric orthopaedic surgeons at Shriners Hospitals for Children – Spokane. A surprise to his parents, Sampson was diagnosed with hip dysplasia. Even more of a surprise, Sampson was informed he actually had the condition in BOTH hips. Sampson was not sure he would be able to return to the mat or the field, “Sports are my life, the doctors told us if I didn’t take care of it, at age 30 I could be in a wheelchair, “ Sampson told us.
“Shriners Hospital has helped me get back into sports and up on my feet again – I can still do what I love.”
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on my feet again – I can still do what I love.” In 2013, the hospital saw nearly 9000 kids in the Outpatient Clinic and performed over 800 surgeries. Some examples of orthopaedic conditions in children can include: spinal deformities like Scoliosis; foot and hand injuries/deformities; knee and hip disorders/injuries; hand and toe disorders; Prosthetics/orthotics and osteogenesis imperfect (brittle bone disease).
Sampson has had surgery on both hips and is stronger than ever. “Shriners Hospital has helped me get back into sports and up
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