The Arkansas healer.(plastic surgeon makes a difference to children with disfiguring birthmarks)(Cover Story)

From: U.S. News & World Report | Date: July 19, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

Her baby was strapped securely in the car seat behind her when Sherie Dixon saw a flashing blue light in her rearview mirror and realized she was being pulled over for driving too fast. But moments after she was sent on her way with a warning, the same trooper pulled Dixon over again. This time, to her horror, he accused her of child abuse. The reason? Her 7-month-old daughter, Tori, had a purple birthmark significant enough to attract the officer's attention. The massive growth had pushed the baby's nose and lip down on one side and made her right cheek swell, endangering ...

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