The Nightmare Wedding

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Cao Lanh, Vietnam-Sheila Wolfson, Interplast volunteer trip support.

One of our return patients from last year was Tu, a 58-year-old woman who had severe burn contractures and very restricted movement in her neck. She had undergone one Interplast surgery last year and was all smiles now that she was accepted for an additional burn contracture release this year. Her daughter shared her story with us. While attending a wedding three years ago, she was severely burned on her head, neck and chest when a waiter accidentally dropped a “hot pot” of food on her head as she was sitting at the dinner table. When more oil was added to the flame under the pot, the heat was so intense, the waiter could no longer hold it. After her surgery last year, Tu gained a little more movement in her neck; she and her daughter were hopeful she would gain more movement this year. Her surgery went well, and she smiled when she came back a few days later to show us the results. In spite of her debilitating burns, Tu is always smiling and in good spirits.

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[Isti]

Fiorangela: Your 8:07 post was right on. 2. I suppose I “think you do” think what Israel does is OK bsuacee I have never seen — or do not recall seeing — you suggest what Israel should do to improve its situation. This is why I originally and possibly currently thought Eric has a pro-Israel bias way back in our earlier discussions weeks and months ago about Iran's revealing more . His policy notions, as I note in other posts below, are always about Iran giving up something. Never the US. Never Israel. Just surrender and hope it works to Iran's benefit. I can't help but wonder why it is always Iran who has to surrender to US and Israel demands and never the reverse. I suppose it could be bsuacee he believes the US and Israel have the upper hand militarily and economically and in the propaganda realm which might be even true.But it could also be simply a question of poor logic: a fallacy of the excluded middle , in this case the middle being exactly HOW Iran is going to actually achieve all these benefits he posits will happen if Iran unilaterally gives away the store despite all indications to the contrary.