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To: AM2000

Oh my God. The poor little girl. It doesn't mention a nose, how does she breathe?


3 posted on 12/12/2004 3:59:50 PM PST by Ditter
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To: Ditter
Juliana has to eat through her stomach, and she has a trach to breathe.
5 posted on 12/12/2004 4:01:01 PM PST by AM2000 (I am not responsible for the contents of this post.)
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To: Ditter
how does she breathe?

Trach tube.

9 posted on 12/12/2004 4:01:29 PM PST by Alouette ("Who is for the LORD, come with me!" -- Mattisyahu ben Yohanon, father of Judah Maccabee)
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To: Ditter
how does she breathe

and she has a trach to breath

12 posted on 12/12/2004 4:03:13 PM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it.)
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To: Ditter

More about this condition (examples of less severe cases, before-and-after photos):

http://www.kidsplastsurg.com/treachercollins.html

http://www.erlanger.org/craniofacial/book/treacher/treach1.htm

Here's the web site of one young woman with the condition who is an Internal Medicine and Pediatrics resident at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.
http://www.treachercollins.org/main.html


16 posted on 12/12/2004 4:05:02 PM PST by LibFreeOrDie (A Freep a day keeps the liberals away.)
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