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Has this been widely covered in the media? Of course not.
EFLNicknamed Una, the 15-year-old girl has an aggressive form of cancer in her brain stem. In just three months, the disease has wracked her body and she struggles to move and even talk. And she needs help fast. "The local doctors advised me to take her home and wait," Unaâs father said. "There is nothing more they could do." But Unaâs parents didnât give up. They got the Minister of Health involved, who got the attention of U.S.-led coalition officials, who turned to American doctors at the militaryâs combat hospital in Baghdad. Coalition doctors performed emergency surgery to relieve the pressure in Unaâs brain but it did nothing for the tumor, which if untreated, will kill the tenth grader in weeks. But with specialized surgery and radiation available in the United States, however, Una may get another 10 years of life or more. Here is why you will not see more coverage of this story... Unaâs father said through a translator that he had never had any dealings with Americans before but that what he saw in the movies "was real. That Americans donât hesitate to do whatâs asked of them." One more reason to be proud to be an American. Read the entire article here. Posted by: Dragon Fly 2004-05-05 |
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