Mother pleased as Abbie continues Recovery
Tuesday, June 09, 2015
Known popularly as Abbie, the teenager underwent an operation for a rare cancer, Metastatic Immature Teratoma, following a nationwide fundraising appeal, which raised hundreds of thousands of Pula last year.
Abbie was diagnosed with the disease last year in January and underwent an eight-hour operation on March 16.
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