Spotlight: Hailey Dawson

Hailey Dawson, an eight-year-old from Henderson, Nevada, was born with Poland syndrome, which left her with three missing fingers on her right hand and a missing right pectoral (chest) muscle. She has a 3-D printed right hand that is held together and controlled with fishing line. The engineering team at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, created the hand, which has to be refitted every few months due to Dawson's growth. To learn more about Poland syndrome, go to
https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/poland-syndrome.

We are more than halfway through Major League Baseball (MLB) season. Dawson's goal since 2015 is to become the first person to throw the first pitch at all 30 MLB stadiums. She got closer to achieving her goal last Saturday when she threw the first pitch at an Arizona Diamondbacks game at Chase Field in Phoenix, her 22nd stadium. Dawson plans to complete her pitches with the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday, September 16. For more details on this story, go to https://abcnews.go.com/Health/girl-hand-closing-goal-throwing-pitch-30-mlb/story?id=56572271.

Hailey Dawson after a pitch

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