Badie05
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Girl, 15, to Have 16-Pound Facial Tumor Removed in MiamiA Vietnamese girl with a 16-pound facial tumor is in Miami awaiting surgery that will restore her ability to eat and speak.
Fifteen-year-old Lai Thi Dao suffers from a Schwannoma tumor that has been growing since she was 3. The tumor has severely disfigured her face and kept her from ever attending school. cry.gif
Doctors at Jackson Memorial Hospital say the tumor threatens to suffocate Lai. They will remove the tumor in a 10-hour surgery on April 29.
Schwannoma tumors are usually benign. Lai's doctors say the size of her tumor is extremely rare, but it probably won't return once it's removed.
The teen hopes to finally attend school once she recovers and returns to Vietnam.
The International Kids Fund is seeking donations to fund Lai's surgery.
WARNING: disturbing video here
http://www.foxnews.com/video/inde...bf4d5c02f7b183441e11190710e18cc22
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Mikebroekhof
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OMG another person on the news with a facial tumor.
Lately there have been so many on tv... it's not special anymore!
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Badie05
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It's nasty...scary...disturbing and sad at the same time .
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Zaraki Kenpachi
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wow THat"S HUGE poor girl...at least it's not a malignent tumor so she'll survive as long as she takes the surgery..
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Phatkav
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What exactly is tumor?
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Badie05
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Something nasty.
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HungryHungryHippo
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ewww
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Deat401
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omg i saw that pic >.< scary
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Zaraki Kenpachi
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| Phatkav wrote: | | What exactly is tumor? |
wow for someone smart you don't know what a tumor is It's a peice of cancer pretty much.....malignent would spread through the whole body and kill you(as the cancer cells keep multiplying and overwhelm the other cells stealing the nutrients you get in order for them to function so they stop your body functions..)_and thier's benign which would stay in the same place and needs to be removed with surgery...
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bashmo
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that almost made me puke. Subhannallah.
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Phatkav
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| Zaraki Kenpachi wrote: | | Phatkav wrote: | | What exactly is tumor? |
wow for someone smart you don't know what a tumor is It's a peice of cancer pretty much.....malignent would spread through the whole body and kill you(as the cancer cells keep multiplying and overwhelm the other cells stealing the nutrients you get in order for them to function so they stop your body functions..)_and thier's benign which would stay in the same place and needs to be removed with surgery... |
Just because I'm smart it doesn't mean I'm suppose to know everything <_<
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