Girl To Have Surgery On Large Facial Tumor, Tumor Could Grow, Causing Vietnamese Teen To Suffocate
Crazypickney said
16:45 04/23 2008
MIAMI -- A Vietnamese girl with a 17-pound facial tumor is awaiting life-saving surgery that will restore her ability to eat and speak.Lai Thi Dao, 15, suffers from a Schwannoma tumor that has been growing since she was 3. The tumor has severely disfigured her face and kept her from attending school."She had been with no treatment for the last 10 years," said Dr. Jesus Gomez, who is performing the surgery. "Something that started like a small black bean at the tongue now has become this huge tumor."
Doctors at the University of Miami's Jackson Memorial Hospital said the tumor, likely the largest Schwannoma tumor ever reported in the world, has grown so large that she has difficulty talking, eating and sleeping. They said it would likely cut off her throat's passageway, which could cause her to suffocate.The tumor is scheduled to be removed in a 10-hour surgery April 29.The International Kids Fund is trying to raise money to help pay for her surgery.To make a tax-deductable donation, send a check or money order payable to the International Kids Fund at:International Kids Fund Re: Lai Thi Dao P.O. Box 2020 Miami, FL 33101 1-877-IKF-KIDS
lyndo said
16:54 04/23 2008
jahkno star mi feel sorry fi har...i hope this surgey end up succesuful...be by her side god BADANG!!!
Shem1 said
16:56 04/23 2008
o man some people have it eazy and a tek it fi granted. mi feel so bad fi di girl
viper_3kj said
16:58 04/23 2008
this depressing....mi feel it fi her
Gucci said
17:02 04/23 2008
wow a pik tellz a million wordz.. jah kno.. 10hr surgery.. i hope it all goes well and she gets thru it ok..
K17 said
17:03 04/23 2008
sad
Jefstar said
17:04 04/23 2008
me feel sorry for that girl seen....she have it hard noo f**k
dappa75wifie said
17:06 04/23 2008
poor thing
Silly said
17:08 04/23 2008
JamaicanShem wrote:
o man some people have it eazy and a tek it fi granted. mi feel so bad fi di girl
tru tru
jamaicabwoy said
17:10 04/23 2008
damn prayers go out to har star
xForcex said
17:13 04/23 2008
my heart and prayers go out to her and di family
alligcold said
14:19 05/03 2008
MIAMI (AP) - A Vietnamese girl is finally free of a disfiguring 16-pound facial tumor, after a surgery that lasted at least 12 hours in Miami.
The Schwannoma tumor had consumed the lower half of 15-year-old Lai Thi Dao's face. It had been growing since she was 3 and eventually accounted for roughly one-third of her body weight.
Doctors at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center say Lai's tumor was one of the largest ever reported. The growth had threatened to cut off her airway.
MIAMI -- A Vietnamese girl with a 17-pound facial tumor is awaiting life-saving surgery that will restore her ability to eat and speak.Lai Thi Dao, 15, suffers from a Schwannoma tumor that has been growing since she was 3. The tumor has severely disfigured her face and kept her from attending school."She had been with no treatment for the last 10 years," said Dr. Jesus Gomez, who is performing the surgery. "Something that started like a small black bean at the tongue now has become this huge tumor."Doctors at the University of Miami's Jackson Memorial Hospital said the tumor, likely the largest Schwannoma tumor ever reported in the world, has grown so large that she has difficulty talking, eating and sleeping. They said it would likely cut off her throat's passageway, which could cause her to suffocate.The tumor is scheduled to be removed in a 10-hour surgery April 29.The International Kids Fund is trying to raise money to help pay for her surgery.To make a tax-deductable donation, send a check or money order payable to the International Kids Fund at:International Kids Fund
Re: Lai Thi Dao
P.O. Box 2020
Miami, FL 33101
1-877-IKF-KIDS
BADANG!!!
The Schwannoma tumor had consumed the lower half of 15-year-old Lai Thi Dao's face. It had been growing since she was 3 and eventually accounted for roughly one-third of her body weight.
Doctors at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center say Lai's tumor was one of the largest ever reported. The growth had threatened to cut off her airway.