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Scottish Rite Hospital Patients Depart For Annual Amputee Ski Trip

by | Feb 13, 2019 | General News, Press Coverage

Fourteen amputee patients from Scottish Rite Hospital received a grand send-off this week at DFW airport as they departed for the hospital’s annual Amputee Ski Trip. Representatives from Scottish Rite Hospital, American Airlines and DFW International Airport threw a party for the patients prior to their flight to Denver. The teenagers will spend a week at the National Sports Center for the Disabled (NCSD) in Winter Park, Colorado, where they will learn to ski and snowboard despite their limb differences.

Several patients discussed their excitement for the trip with local media, while representatives from the hospital offered insight on the benefits the trip provides to the kids. The goal of the trip is to foster a sense of self-confidence, discovery and independence for the patients. Snow skiing is well suited for amputees and, with special equipment, they can quickly become competitive and often excel at the sport.

Watch coverage of the send-off party from FOX 4 and CBS 11.

Hometown Hero: Lyndsey Jones

Hometown Hero: Lyndsey Jones

by | Aug 21, 2018 | Press Coverage, Spotlight

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Lyndsey Jones is 16 years old.  During her young life, this teenager has had nine surgeries.

Puddles is her plush toy that’s been with Lyndsey for 11 years. In and out of the hospital, Puddles was there to comfort her.

Last September at camp, Puddles went missing and was never found. Lyndsey was devastated. She said her “world fell apart.”

The teen found a way to put her world back together and make the world better for other patients. She started Cuddles 4 Puddles.  In one year, she’s donated 120 plush puppies which she gives to patients at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital and medical clinics. She knows those toys are great medicine.

If you’d like to donate a new, unwrapped plush puppy you can go to Cuddles4Puddles on Facebook or send the toy or a donation to:

P.O. Box 4251 FM 2181
Suite 230 #105
Corinth, Texas
76210

Meet Malachi – The 13-year-old Motivational Speaker

Meet Malachi – The 13-year-old Motivational Speaker

by | Aug 15, 2018 | General News, Press Coverage

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DALLAS – Some people’s first thought when they hear about a 13-year-old motivational speaker is probably, “What could I possibly learn from a 13-year-old?”

If that’s what crosses your mind, it’s time to think twice. Malachi Walker was born in 2005, but he has the kind of wisdom some people born in 1975 could use. “My goal with the book is helping other people accomplish their goals and get out of their bad situations,” he explained.

Malachi wrote The Boomerang Effect, which he explains is “the strategy to help you shatter your glass ceiling.” “What you sow you will reap and what you throw you will keep,” he said. “That’s what the boomerang effect is. Your choices come back to you.”

He’s not only an author, but he’s also a budding motivational speaker. At Scottish Rite Hospital’s recent annual book sale, Malachi read and signed The Boomerang Effect for a captive audience of patients and families.

The book features an appropriate title for the speaking appearance, as he was back at the place it all began.

Scottish Rite doctors diagnosed Malachi with a knee problem that kept him out of soccer, his greatest passion, for 13 months. But during those 13 months, he wrote his book. His mother Christina and father Charlie were supportive, but surprised. “When he first told us that he wanted to be a motivational speaker, I remember looking at Charlie, you know – when [Malachi] wasn’t looking at us – and my eyes got really big, and I thought, ‘OK we’re going to help you do that!’

The book is also about being kind, because Malachi has realized how you treat people has an impact on how they treat you in return. That is a lesson the Walkers have worked hard to teach their children. “You never know if they’re going to pick up what you teach them,” Christina said. “It’s neat to see him grab something and do something with it.”

Malachi is practicing his motivational speaking skills by regularly posting videos on his YouTube channel.

Oklahoma girl with rare bone disease designs super hero casts

Oklahoma girl with rare bone disease designs super hero casts

by | Jul 6, 2018 | General News, Press Coverage

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CLEVELAND, Oklahoma –

An 8-year-old girl, who’s had more than 40 broken bones in her young life, got something special during her most  recent surgery.

Doctors diagnosed Courtney White with a rare bone disease when she was just a baby after she broke her femur twice in a matter of months.

The condition cause her bones to break easily, which means she spends a lot of time wearing casts.

Her most recent casts – one on each leg – feature Courtney as a super hero.

Courtney now has rod in every major bone in both legs. And doctors recently had to replace a rod in one shin and put a rod in the other.

Before the surgery, doctors at the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital in Dallas challenged Courtney to design her own cast. She drew up Wonder Woman boots because she’s a little warrior.

Her family will tell you, Courtney is a super hero in their eyes every day.

She has Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Type 6. Experts say only 6 to 7 people out of every 100,000 have OI and of those, only 1-percent lives with Type 6.

“We have found that each day is a new experience. We never know day to day what her mobility will look like or what her pain level will be or if we will have another injury,” her dad Justin White said. “That has been life for Courtney, it’s her normal and she has learned to embrace it.”

Courtney has broken 40 bones and has gone through 12 surgeries.

But despite all that, she still lives for adventure. She likes to hunt and fish and spend time with her mom, dad and big sister.

“She knows there are some things that she just won’t be able to do, but she also knows that there are many things that she can do, she’s just going to have to work harder for them than most people,” Justin said. “We’ve tried to teach her not to feel sorry for herself, but instead, accept things as they come and work through them.”

And that’s how she lives her life. He says Courtney is always positive, cheerful and faces every challenge head on – with unflinching faith.

A few days before Courtney’s most recent surgery her grandpa overheard her saying this prayer, “Father, thank you for this wonderful world that I live in, and thank you for my wonderful life. I love you so much, because everything you do is wonderful.”

Her dad says that’s Courtney, the bravest, toughest person he’s ever known.

“Her bones make break often, but her spirit and her faith never do,” her dad said.