A group of Freeport women has launched a campaign to raise $500,000 for 7-year-o

Authors

Source

Portland Press Herald

Date

4-9-1993

Pages

5B

Abstract

A group of Freeport women has launched a campaign to raise $500,000 for 7-year-old Stephanie Mitchell, a Passamaquoddy Indian who has short gut syndrome, a rare condition that prevents her body from getting nutrition from food. Stephanie has only 5 percent of a normal small intestine and must live on an intravenous solution. She hopes to receive a transplant of small and large intestine and liver at the Pittsburgh Children's Hospital.

Subjects

Syndromes, Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc, Mitchell, Stephanie

Recommended Citation

"A group of Freeport women has launched a campaign to raise $500,000 for 7-year-o" (1993). Maine News Index – Portland Press Herald. 2023.
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