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11-30-2007, 09:42 AM
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Youssif gets surgery to remove biggest scars
Remember that 5 year old Iraqi kid who got dragged out of his house and set on fire by cruel psychos a while back?
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LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Five-year-old Youssif underwent his most important surgery Thursday as his doctor removed the most extensive scar tissue on his face -- putting him on the path of being a normal boy again.
The balloons placed under Youssif's skin stretched his good skin enough to cover his scars.
Youssif entered the operating room around 6:30 a.m. PT for the three-and-a-half hour surgery.
Just before the surgery began, Youssif began crying.
"I can't do this. I can't do this," he said.
Sedation then set in, he relaxed and Dr. Peter Grossman, the plastic surgeon with the Grossman Burn Center who is donating his services, began to operate.
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Read the whole story here: Surgery over; Youssif's biggest scar removed - CNN.com
Warning: Some might find the pictures with this story distressing.
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11-30-2007, 09:48 AM
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Re: Youssif gets surgery to remove biggest scars
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Just before the surgery began, Youssif began crying.
"I can't do this. I can't do this," he said.
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I don't think I could handle the pics, so I didn't click on the links (thanks for the warning), but that is so heartbreaking. Poor child. 
Horrible, horrible people who did that to him.
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11-30-2007, 11:10 AM
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Re: Youssif gets surgery to remove biggest scars
i agree, its beyond heartbreaking. alhamdulillah that he was able to get the surgery done though, they said it will not only help with his appearance, but help improve the functionality of his jaw which was impaired before because of all the scar tissue.
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11-30-2007, 04:25 PM
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Re: Youssif gets surgery to remove biggest scars
He will require a few more surgeries in stages, I think, in order to clean up his face more. Inshallah the surgeons will be able to help him significantly and restore much of his face. May Allah remember their charity when they enter the next life.
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11-30-2007, 05:07 PM
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Re: Youssif gets surgery to remove biggest scars
Poor baby. 
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11-30-2007, 06:00 PM
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Re: Youssif gets surgery to remove biggest scars
damn.....those pics are heartbreaking
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Re: Youssif gets surgery to remove biggest scars
awww poor baby. **** those men i really hope they burn in hell.
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Re: Youssif gets surgery to remove biggest scars
I feel so sorry for him. I can only imagine how scared he is, not to mention knowing what will people will think of him in the future.
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