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| Has this been widely covered in the media? Of course not. |
| 2004-05-05 |
| EFL Nicknamed 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," Una’s father said. "There is nothing more they could do." But Una’s parents didn’t 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 military’s combat hospital in Baghdad. Coalition doctors performed emergency surgery to relieve the pressure in Una’s 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... Una’s 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 don’t hesitate to do what’s asked of them." One more reason to be proud to be an American. Read the entire article here. |
| Posted by:Dragon Fly |
| #3 These types of stories need to be heard in Iraq and hopefully more are as the new Pentagon run station is up and running. One of the Iraqi bloggers had indicated at one time more and more Iraqis were listening to it instead of Al-Jazeera and the other Arab based stations. |
| Posted by: AF Lady 2004-05-05 8:58:24 PM |
| #2 It would be if giving her medical treatment was "humilating" |
| Posted by: cheaderhead 2004-05-05 8:39:11 PM |
| #1 Helping an adolecent battle cancer won't help Kerry get elected. |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-05-05 11:02:28 AM |