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Utah Girl Receives Iowa’s First Pediatric Facial Reanimation Surgery: Daily Iowan Reader, April 24
Also inside: Visiting nurses to get permanent home, Gymnasts reflect on stellar year. UI student hit by car shows signs of responding to doctors.
Four-year-old Natalie Wright faces a bathroom mirror, brushing her teeth and simultaneously criticizing her face. She raises her small hand to her left cheek, gently lifting it up so it matches the right side of her face. Mother Dana Wright passes Natalie, knowing that all her daughter wants is to smile.
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Natalie, now 15, is living her dream: As of April 19 she will be able to see her mouth spread naturally into a full smile. Natalie received Iowa's first facial-reanimation surgery to alleviate her facial paralysis at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
“It’s just a boost of confidence,” said Natalie, a Utah native. “[My self-esteem] wasn’t ever bad or anything, just normal teenage girl stuff. [Students] at my school weren’t really mean, they would more just ask questions or give me looks.”
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Nicole Ruffolo, a senior at the University of Iowa, is in critical condition after an accident at Purdue University.
Suspicious package near Kinnick found to be harmless
A Johnson County Metro Bomb Squad vehicle was called to Kinnick Stadium Monday afternoon after a report of a suspicious package.
Visiting Nurses Association creating permanent home in Sycamore area
Sycamore St. will soon be joined by a non-profit organization that provides health care services
Iowa Bicycle Coalition to target education in Iowa schools
Alana Croco, the Safe Routes to School program director, hopes to involve the community and educate them on safety.
Legislature considering greater appropriations for Iowa food banks
Nearly 15 percent of all households in the United States are food insecure at some point during the year.
The Iowa men’s gymnastics team could not be happier with the results of 2012-13 campaign.
Two DI staffers debate.
Editorial: CISPA extremely invasive to American public
Preparing for these potentially disastrous events is all well and good, but we believe that the way CISPA goes about improving cyber security is extremely invasive and a threat to Americans’ civil liberties.