PEORIA —
After Sue Cooke learned her granddaughter had a rare form of hereditary rickets, she says she approached several local doctors.
Some told her they couldn't treat Trinity, Cooke says. Others told her they didn't know how.
"It's such an antique disease," says Cooke, of Bartonville.
Frustrated, she called Shriners Hospitals for Children. She remembered the network of Shriners Hospitals because her 62-year-old sister had been treated there for polio-related problems as a child.
"All the magic they do, all the variety of problems they treat, I don't think anybody remembers them anymore," Cooke says.
Mohammed Shriners of Peoria also worry they've been forgotten. That's why they're conducting a free screening and evaluation clinic Nov. 12 at Proctor Hospital. Children up to age 18 whose conditions are eligible could receive free treatment and free transportation to Shriners Hospitals for Children in Chicago, St. Louis or Cincinnati.
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After Sue Cooke learned her granddaughter had a rare form of hereditary rickets, she says she approached several local doctors.
Some told her they couldn't treat Trinity, Cooke says. Others told her they didn't know how.
"It's such an antique disease," says Cooke, of Bartonville.
Frustrated, she called Shriners Hospitals for Children. She remembered the network of Shriners Hospitals because her 62-year-old sister had been treated there for polio-related problems as a child.
"All the magic they do, all the variety of problems they treat, I don't think anybody remembers them anymore," Cooke says.
Mohammed Shriners of Peoria also worry they've been forgotten. That's why they're conducting a free screening and evaluation clinic Nov. 12 at Proctor Hospital. Children up to age 18 whose conditions are eligible could receive free treatment and free transportation to Shriners Hospitals for Children in Chicago, St. Louis or Cincinnati.
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