The Sharing Foundation’s Special Children (December, 2003)
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Sreng Samnang arrived in November 2002 and in December underwent the first of several surgeries to correct her severe bilateral cleft lip and palate. All surgeries have been done pro bono by plastic surgeon Dr Michael Lewis [MGH]. The next is scheduled for Dec '03.
“Sam” will also require a major bone graft at 7 or 8 years of age to
compensate for absent upper gums. She is an irrepressible child, always smiling
and dancing; she stays happily now in Foster care with an Eliot, Maine family
which includes big sister Channy, adopted from Cambodia. It is their fervent wish
to adopt Sam, but currently the US Government won’t allow it.
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