(September 07, 2011, Fox News)--When you first glance at Samirawit Hallemariam – it’s almost impossible not to notice the growth protruding from the left side of her face.
But, after spending just a few moments with this spunky 4-year-old, all of that disappears, and instead you see the twinkle in her big brown eyes. What’s more, you see all of the strength she has mustered up in her short life.
Samirawit, or Sami, as her doctors call her, is from a rural village in Ethiopia where little or no medical care is available – an especially dire situation for her because she was born with a venous malformation – a condition, which if left untreated, can be deadly.
Fortunately, fate stepped in, and Sami was discovered by chance at a clinic in Israel by Michelle Sorscher, a nurse manager for Dr. Alejandro Berenstein, of the Vascular Birthmarks Institute of New York, who was in Tel Aviv at the time helping other children. FULL ARTICLE AT Fox News »
But, after spending just a few moments with this spunky 4-year-old, all of that disappears, and instead you see the twinkle in her big brown eyes. What’s more, you see all of the strength she has mustered up in her short life.
Samirawit, or Sami, as her doctors call her, is from a rural village in Ethiopia where little or no medical care is available – an especially dire situation for her because she was born with a venous malformation – a condition, which if left untreated, can be deadly.
Fortunately, fate stepped in, and Sami was discovered by chance at a clinic in Israel by Michelle Sorscher, a nurse manager for Dr. Alejandro Berenstein, of the Vascular Birthmarks Institute of New York, who was in Tel Aviv at the time helping other children. FULL ARTICLE AT Fox News »
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