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Isaac Libbie Lizbeth

Shriners Children’s Twin Cities Shriners Children’s Texas Shriners Children’s Chicago

Isaac, 17, is from Neillsville, Wisconsin. Libbie, 14, is from Seabrook, Texas. Lizbeth, 17, is a student at Elmwood
The high school senior hopes to Adopted when she was 3 from Park High School and enjoys playing
attend UW-Whitewater, where he Guangzhou, China, Libbie loves to the drums. She is a member of her
plans to major in accounting. Isaac ride go-carts, play softball and mini school’s drumline and plans to attend
enjoys deer and turkey hunting, golf and swim. She’s also a huge community college to become a
skiing and camping. He has played fan of popcorn, action movies, her forensic psychologist.
youth football, baseball, and hockey, two puppies and hanging out with
but his favorite sport is golf. Isaac her friends. She loves spending time Lizbeth first came to Shriners
plays on his high school golf team with her family members, especially Children’s Chicago when she was
and participates in the Junior when they visit new places and try five months old to seek treatment
North American One-Armed Golf restaurants that have been featured for her missing limb. She is one of
Association (NAOAGA) tournaments. on Diners, Drive Ins and Dives! thousands of children in the United
States with a limb difference. The
Isaac was born without his left hand. When Libby was first diagnosed with Shriners Children’s Chicago hospital
He has been receiving care from arthrogryposis, she was unable to offers Chicago’s largest and busiest
Shriners Children’s Twin Cities since feed herself or manage basic tasks orthopedic limb differences and
he was 10 months old. Isaac has like standing unassisted or holding a prosthetic program for children.
received many prosthetics, starting cup. Doctors in China said she would Through Shriners hospital, Lizbeth
with a passive arm to use while never walk or live independently. was able to receive her first artificial
crawling and then advancing as he When she arrived in the United limb. Lizbeth’s hospital care team
has grown to include a Hero Arm and a States, her parents were connected also helped fit her for attachments
sports arm with different attachments with the care team at Shriners to hold drumsticks and play other
for sports and activities. Since he was Children’s Texas. Within weeks, instruments. She now uses the
5, Isaac has participated in Shriners Libbie’s first surgery was scheduled high-tech arm to play base drum in
Children’s Twin Cities Camp Achieve and a wonderful relationship began. marching band at her school. Her
and Camp Winter Achieve. fellow drummers affectionately call
her the “One Hand Bandit!”

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