kcredden
June 20th, 2007, 11:40 PM
Right out from Ripley's Believe it or Not (http://www.comics.com/comics/ripleys/) - Litterly! (http://www.comics.com/comics/ripleys/archive/images/ripleys2004073470620.gif) I was alerted to this remarkable story from this comic strip.
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Saving a 'special little girl'
Born with two livers, kindergartner makes medical history
The blurry image on the medical scan showed something that shouldn't have been there, something that would earn Jenna Hopkins a place in medical history.
"I had a thing growing on my lungs," Jenna said last week in the simple words of a 5-year-old. "And they had to get it out."
That "thing" was an extra liver.
more here (http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070410/NEWS01/704100428)
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Saving a 'special little girl'
Born with two livers, kindergartner makes medical history
The blurry image on the medical scan showed something that shouldn't have been there, something that would earn Jenna Hopkins a place in medical history.
"I had a thing growing on my lungs," Jenna said last week in the simple words of a 5-year-old. "And they had to get it out."
That "thing" was an extra liver.
more here (http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070410/NEWS01/704100428)