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STANDARD BEARERS | NEWS

INTRODUCING OUR STANDARD BEARERS

hriners Children’s is proud to introduce you to some of the patients who benefit from the life-changing pediatric
specialty care we provide. Selected to participate as ambassadors for the health care system, for their local
SShriners Children’s facility and for their fellow patients, these patients will serve as standard bearers during
the third and final rounds of the tournament. It’s an opportunity for them to experience what it’s like to be inside the
ropes during a PGA TOUR competition they will remember for years to come.

Read on to find out more about these impressive young people, and if you see them on the course, be sure to
congratulate them for their achievements and thank them for their important contributions to one of our favorite
signature events.

Sawyer Brody
Shriners Children’s Boston Shriners Children’s St . Louis
Sawyer, 14, is a high school freshman who likes to study Brody, 13, is in eighth grade at Anderson Middle School.
science. In his free time, he enjoys sailing, traveling and He loves basketball, reading, shoes — and a good
spending time with his dog, Denver. hamburger!

Sawyer became a patient of Shriners Children’s Boston Brody was born with fibular hemimelia, a condition in
four years ago, after sustaining serious burn injuries which a child is born with a short or missing fibula. For
from walking on hot sand at a beach near his home. His Brody, the condition also brought other differences to
family had a beach fire in celebration of his grandfather’s his leg and left him with just three toes on that side. By
birthday and, once the party was over and the fire pit the time Brody was 9, there was a 2.5-inch difference
removed, it was difficult to tell where the fire had been between his right leg and his left. An external fixator
and where very hot sand remained. Sawyer received was placed on his left leg, followed by a 2 1/2-month
care at Shriners Children’s Boston, where he stayed stay at Shriners Children’s St. Louis. To date, Brody has
in the hospital for two weeks following his injuries, undergone four surgeries there. For several years now,
undergoing debridement to remove the damaged skin Brody has served as a patient ambassador for the St.
and frequent dressing changes to promote proper Louis hospital.
healing. Occupational and physical therapy were also
part of Sawyer’s daily care to ensure mobility and allow
him to return to the activities he enjoys most.

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