Monday, February 28, 2005
You Mean I Carried That Damn Backpack Around For Eight Years For Nothing?
Eight-year-old Matilda Merrell from Britain was diagnosed with isolated bulbar palsy as a baby and had to survive on a liquid food source delivered from a backpack into a tube in her stomach. But as it turns out, the girl is perfectly healthy aside from a case of swollen tonsils--oops! On a recent visit to the United States, Merrell got a second opinion and was told she could eat solid foods after all. She was promptly taken to a Jack-In-the-Box restaurant and ordered a breakfast sandwich and hash browns. After tasting the meal, the little girl quickly decided to go back to the liquid stuff. Source
