Mission of hope
When Thu Dao Nguyen landed in Seattle on Father’s Day, having first made the 36-hour trek via hog truck from her rice paddy village to the Saigon airport, she brought with her little more than a small sack.
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Carolyn Walchak comforts Thu Dao Nguyen as they wait at the Holy Family Ambulatory Surgery Center, June 28, 2006, for Dr. Frank Walchak and Dr. Paul Horn. She was burned as a young child when she was being warmed over a fire while in a hammock. The Walchak's brought Nguyen to Spokane for help and will receive rehabilition to learn to use her prosthesis.
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Dr. Frank Walchak, left, and Dr. Paul Horn visit with Thu Dao Nguyen at the Holy Family Ambulatory Surgery Center, June 28. 2006, moments before she was wheeled into surgery to correct injuries she received as a child in Vietnam. She was burned over a fire while in a hammock.
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Nurses talk with Thu Dao Nguyen, June 28, 2006, at the Holy Family Ambulatory Center before receiving surgery to repair injuries she suffered to her face and hand as a child when burned over a fire in Vietnam.
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Dr. Frank Walchak, left, and Dr. Paul Horn visit with Thu Dao Nguyen at the Holy Family Ambulatory Surgery Center, June 28. 2006, moments before she was wheeled into surgery to correct injuries she received as a child in Vietnam.
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Dr. Frank Walchak kisses his wife Carolyn as Thu Dao is wheeled into surgery, June 28, 2006, to correct burn injuries she suffered as a child in Vietnam. Nguyen will stay with the Walchaks this summer while undergoing rehabilition to learn how use her prosthesis.
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Carolyn Walchak, right, says goodbye to Thu Dao Nguyen as she is wheeled into surgery, June 28, 2006, at Holy Family Ambulatory Surgery Center. Walchak and her husband Dr. Frank Walchak met Nguyen in Vietnam while performing plastic surgery on people in small villages. They brought her to Spokane for surgery on her face and hands that were burned when she was a child.
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