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NEWS | STANDARD BEARERS

Marshall Owen Samantha

Shriners Children’s Northern California Shriners Children’s Ohio Shriners Children’s Philadelphia

Marshall is an active 14-year-old and Owen, 15, is passionate about running, Fifteen-year-old Samantha (“Sam”),
lives in Rescue, California, with his fishing and anything that keeps him of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is a
parents and older brother. An active active. He loves action movies and high school sophomore and honor
young man, Marshall loves riding is well known for his sense of humor. student who loves theater, art and
his dirt bike and playing baseball, Owen’s goal is to design cars when he dancing where she lives in. She takes
football, hockey and golf. gets older and serve as a volunteer dance classes several times a week
for Shriners Children’s to motivate and recently performed in her high
After he tore his lateral collateral and inspire the next generation of school musical. She also writes for the
ligament in his knee while playing children. He is proud of his large student newspaper and is a member
football, Marshall was referred family, which includes his mom, eight of her school‘s quiz bowl team.
to Shriners Children’s Northern brothers and sisters, four nieces and
California. Activities in his life were two nephews. Sam was diagnosed with idiopathic
on pause for the better part of eight scoliosis by her pediatrician during
months as he received treatment, When he was 2, Owen was critically a routine appointment. She wore
but the hospital’s sports medicine injured by scalding water, sustaining a thoracic-lumbar-sacral orthosis
team kept him focused on the end burns over 95 percent of his body. He (TLSO) brace 20 hours a day from
goal – getting back to play. Now has had multiple surgeries at Shriners 4th through 7th grade. But her spinal
he’s back to full activity and would Children’s Ohio and was fitted for curve progressed to surgical range
like to express his gratitude to the prosthetics at Shriners Children’s St. and she sought care at Shriners
doctors and physical therapists who Louis. Owen’s scars and amputations Children’s Philadelphia. Her family
helped get him back to the sports and have not stopped him from doing was confident that the staff could
activities he loves. what he loves. He credits the care he provide expert guidance about which
received at Shriners Children’s Ohio surgery would be most appropriate for
for saving his life and allowing him to Sam and would provide the highest
enjoy activities like any other kid. level of care. In December 2019,
Sam underwent thoracic spinal fusion
surgery. This procedure gave her a
straighter spine, newfound confidence
and an extra half-inch of height!

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