DeclinetoState
11-15-2006, 03:49 PM
By MARK SCOLFORO (Associated Press Writer)
From Associated Press
November 15, 2006 3:30 PM EST
HARRISBURG, Pa. - One of the five Amish girls who survived last month's schoolhouse massacre is fully disabled from a severe head wound and unlikely to recover, and the other four probably have permanent disabilities, a physician familiar with their medical treatment said Wednesday.
"They're kids who are pretty damaged and will have long-term consequences for these wounds," said Dr. D. Holmes Morton, a pediatrician and director of the Clinic for Special Children in Strasburg.
The most seriously injured girl is being tended to by her family at home and is "not expected to recover much function, if any," Morton said.
He said her care mostly involves treating pain and making her comfortable.
AP (http://my.earthlink.net/article/nat?guid=20061115/455a9ed0_3ca6_1552620061115-2137785313)
From Associated Press
November 15, 2006 3:30 PM EST
HARRISBURG, Pa. - One of the five Amish girls who survived last month's schoolhouse massacre is fully disabled from a severe head wound and unlikely to recover, and the other four probably have permanent disabilities, a physician familiar with their medical treatment said Wednesday.
"They're kids who are pretty damaged and will have long-term consequences for these wounds," said Dr. D. Holmes Morton, a pediatrician and director of the Clinic for Special Children in Strasburg.
The most seriously injured girl is being tended to by her family at home and is "not expected to recover much function, if any," Morton said.
He said her care mostly involves treating pain and making her comfortable.
AP (http://my.earthlink.net/article/nat?guid=20061115/455a9ed0_3ca6_1552620061115-2137785313)