Cancer patient home but transplant fight continues
Susan Hornick, 32, returned home after a two week Johns Hopkins stay while fundraisers raise 38 217 toward an 185 000 bone marrow transplant at Fred Hutchinson in Seattle a donor match remains uncertain as her family navigates insurance limits and medical aid.
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Surgeons give new face to disfigured teen-ager
In Tampa a team led by Dr Mutaz Habal completed a 15 hour operation to reconstruct Pablo Hernandez-Pina 18 from Guanajuato Mexico after congenital deformities left him with severe facial disfigurement including no nose a misplaced right eye socket and a skull defect. The patient received a moved eye socket a rebuilt nose a forehead skull and cheekbones from ribs and skin rearrangement enabling solid foods for the first time. Pablo returns home with a Mickey Mouse cap and awaits further work including an artificial eye and possible additional surgeries in Guanajuato.
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