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Never give up
Never give up

Never give up

Date1/6/1982
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Original Toronto Star caption: Never give up: Despite 31 operations in the first nine years of her life Dina Fortherby of Orillia is hoping doctors will allow her to go home next week - and this time for good. The girl was born with hydrocephalus (fluid on the brain) and spina bifida (a defect that left her partially paralyzed) and has never walked. Her last operation enables her for the first time to sleep on her back.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0025982F
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