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chickenscratching Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 04:48 PM
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How sweet it is
How sweet it is
Girl eats real food for first time in 7 1/2 years after doctors at Stanford solve mystery
- Dave Murphy, Chronicle Staff Writer
Thursday, February 24, 2005


From the time Tilly Merrell was a year old, doctors told her family she would never have a normal life -- or even a normal meal.

British doctors found that the food she swallowed went into her lungs instead of her stomach, causing devastating lung infections. They said she had isolated bulbar palsy, and their solution was to feed her through a stomach tube. Forever.



more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/02/24/MNG7FBG7241.DTL&type=printable
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LiberalEsto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 04:53 PM
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1. What a happy ending!
It's nice to hear something good and hopeful these days
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purduejake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 05:00 PM
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2. mmmmmm, I'm hungry now.
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Freebird12004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 05:16 PM
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3. wonderful - let's start a news show comprised of only good news
:toast:
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