Doctor Reunited With the Child She Saved

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Doctor Reunited With the Child She Saved

Philadelphia Inquirer (04/23/96) P. B1
Collins, Huntly

Abstract: When Susan E. Hall, a doctor at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, discovered that the cause of her five-month- old patient's mysterious illness was HIV, she worried that despite her initial successful treatment, the girl would not survive more than a few years. Stephanie was infected by her mother, now deceased, who did not know she was infected until her daughter was diagnosed. That was 10 years ago, but on Monday, Hall met with Stephanie Ray, who was in York, Pa., speaking with other HIV-positive children at a school assembly as part of a national tour to promote AIDS awareness. When Stephanie was found to have HIV, infected infants were not expected to live more than about five years. Now the life expectancy for HIV-infected children is 8 years to 10 years, or longer.

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