Scoliosis surgery helps Sudbury teen realize black belt dream
Jurnee Parisotto-Charron was an up-and-coming black belt in karate when she was diagnosed with severe scoliosis at the age of 11.
A teenager in Sudbury says she has the local Shrine Club to thank for life-changing surgery.
At the age of 11, Jurnee Parisotto-Charron was an up-and-coming black belt in karate when she was diagnosed with severe scoliosis. The diagnosis put her athletic career on hold.
Parisotto-Charron's parents reached out to the shrine club, who referred her for surgery at the Shriners Hospital for Children-Canada in Montreal.
Now at the age of 16, Parisotto-Charron has that blackbelt. She told her story to CBC reporter Olivia Stefanovich:
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