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Once-Disfigured Girl Attends Prom After 18 Surgeries
Fox News ^ | May 28, 2008 | Marrecca Fiore

Posted on 05/28/2008 3:26:08 PM PDT by AngieGal

Cody Hall was born with a hemangioma, a tumorous birthmark that distorted the shape of her face and grew larger as she got older.

When she was 1-year-old, her doctors in England told her parents that nothing could be done about her condition, so her parents took her to see surgeons in the U.S.

Fourteen years and 18 reconstructive surgeries later, most of them at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital in New York, the girl who once had a hopelessly deformed face was flashing a beautiful smile at the prom.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: birthdefects; moralabsolutes; plasticsurgery; socializedmedicine
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1 posted on 05/28/2008 3:26:09 PM PDT by AngieGal
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Wow!

God's touch, for sure!

2 posted on 05/28/2008 3:28:13 PM PDT by LasVegasMac (Islam: Bringing the world death and destruction for 1400 years!)
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To: AngieGal

Just when you think there’s no place for plastic surgeons in today’s medicine......


3 posted on 05/28/2008 3:29:17 PM PDT by SayNoToDems
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To: AngieGal

Bless her heart.


4 posted on 05/28/2008 3:29:26 PM PDT by dragonblustar (Once abolish the God, and the government becomes the God - G. K. Chesterton)
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To: AngieGal

You’re lovely darlin’ .... damned shame I had to grow up too soon.


5 posted on 05/28/2008 3:30:08 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: AngieGal

Holy cow! Her surgeons are miracle workers!

I used to wonder if I could love a baby born with a deformity. However, now that we have a child, I can’t see how anyone could not love a sweet little baby, deformed or not. Although I thank God our little boy is physically normal, I know now that every baby is lovable, no matter what they may look like.


6 posted on 05/28/2008 3:31:55 PM PDT by B-Chan (Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
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To: AngieGal

She looks pretty.


7 posted on 05/28/2008 3:32:35 PM PDT by Dante3
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her doctors in England told her parents that nothing could be done about her condition

Wasn't cost effective under socialized medicine?
8 posted on 05/28/2008 3:32:51 PM PDT by cripplecreek (I miss the days when only the politicians were unethical.)
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To: SayNoToDems

Yes, there is also use for plastic surgeons beside multiple breast-jobs and botox injections for aging millionaire wives.


9 posted on 05/28/2008 3:33:30 PM PDT by SolidWood (Refusal to vote for McCain is active support of Obama. Period.)
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To: AngieGal

Just WOW!!!!!!


10 posted on 05/28/2008 3:33:33 PM PDT by JoeSixPack1
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When she was 1-year-old, her doctors in England told her parents that nothing could be done about her condition, so her parents took her to see surgeons in the U.S.

Mmmm-hm. I think that speaks for itself.

"Sorry, ma'am, but your forms didn't go through, so your daughter's stuck this way. Next time don't use blue ink--the rubber stampers on the 12th Floor hate that..."

11 posted on 05/28/2008 3:34:01 PM PDT by Future Snake Eater (Personal Methane Reclamation: Break wind for energy independence!)
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Wow! God bless this young lady. i’m glad the good docs could help her!


12 posted on 05/28/2008 3:36:26 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (Buy a Mac ...)
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her doctors in England told her parents that nothing could be done about her condition, so her parents took her to see surgeons in the U.S.

Memo to Michael Moore. I was told that socialized medicine in England was so superior to pesky US docs.

13 posted on 05/28/2008 3:36:42 PM PDT by SolidWood (Refusal to vote for McCain is active support of Obama. Period.)
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To: AngieGal

US of A ....all the way!!!


14 posted on 05/28/2008 3:40:50 PM PDT by spanalot
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To: AngieGal

That is amazing, bless her heart.


15 posted on 05/28/2008 3:42:23 PM PDT by meanie monster
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To: AngieGal

Job well done right there.


16 posted on 05/28/2008 3:43:06 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: AngieGal
Amazing!

That is beauty, all around.

17 posted on 05/28/2008 3:44:53 PM PDT by Allegra (If you lived here, you'd be home by now.)
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Her doctors said there was nothing they WOULD do not COULD DO!


18 posted on 05/28/2008 3:46:42 PM PDT by poobear (tagline is on a coffee break!)
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To: AngieGal

What a beautiful girl... and she has a face she’ll never take for granted.


19 posted on 05/28/2008 3:47:24 PM PDT by najida (The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has limits.)
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To: AngieGal

That is so wonderful! She turned out beautiful and must feel like she’s on top of the world. God Bless.


20 posted on 05/28/2008 3:47:59 PM PDT by Lady Jag (You can contribute to FR any time at https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate)
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