Thursday, February 2, 2012

Mother of Mentally Disabled Girl Holds Hope for Kidney Transplant

Mother of Amelia Rivera, Mentally Disabled Girl, Holds Hope for Kidney Transplant at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - ABC News: Chrissy Rivera, the mother of the 3-year-old girl who was initially told by a doctor at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia that he would not recommend a kidney transplant for her mentally disabled daughter, is "hopeful" the hospital will help after an outcry of indignation online.

More than 37,000 online supporters petitioned after Rivera had blogged about a doctor who called her daughter "mentally retarded" and said he would not recommend transplantation.

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