Perseverance With a Prosthesis: Jabin's Story

More than 185,000 surgical amputations are performed each year.

Jabin, a 19-year-old patient from North Pole, Alaska, was in a serious car accident in August 2019. His left foot was severely injured in the crash, and the doctors who treated him in Alaska tried for a month to save his foot from amputation. However, after a month, Jabin and his medical team ultimately decided the best path forward would be below-the-knee amputation of his foot and calf.

Jabin heard about Shriners Children's when the Shriners Children's Spokane team visited Alaska for an outreach clinic. Jabin needed a prosthetic leg, and he knew that Shriners Children's Spokane was the place to get it. He received his prosthetic leg from the Pediatric Orthotic and Prosthetic Services (POPS) team there. He then moved to Minnesota, where he also received an additional new prosthetic leg from the POPS team at Shriners Children's Twin Cities. Jabin has moved around the country and is now in the greater Philadelphia area. He receives care close to his current home at Shriners Children's Philadelphia.

With its mission to provide medical care to children regardless of the families' ability to pay or insurance status, Shriners Children's has over 100 access points, including hospitals and clinics, both domestically and internationally.