Triple amputee to become doctor


	Triple amputee to become doctor

hudgal1

5-29-2007 2:35 PM

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amputee, handicap

hudgal1 says:

Overcoming all odds, this young woman is set to become a doctor.

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5-29-2007 10:15 PM

enbar

Wow, I wonder how many kids will be comfortable being treated by her. I think I would have been frightened of a triple amputee as a child.

5-29-2007 10:56 PM

cpltaiji

Amazing! How many could follow her footsteps?

5-30-2007 11:11 AM

enbar

Footsteps?

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