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Amputee Major 
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TITLE |
Child's Wish, A (1997) (TV Film) |
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ALT__TITLE |
A Fight for
Justice |
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DISABILITY |
Cancer
Amputee |
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NOTES |
It all
starts with a lump on the knee which then becomes |
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cernovial
cykoma, a malignant tumour of the connective |
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tissue. The
teenage girl (Anna Chlumsky) who has this has to |
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have a leg
amputated followed by chemotherapy. |
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There's a
very quick transition from the amputation to the |
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fitting of
an artificial leg presumably because that would be |
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difficult to
show. Later we always see her in trousers or thick |
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Her father,
a car salesman, is so stressed by her condition he |
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loses his
job and with that medical insurance. |
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The family
appeal to a Federal Commission and appear |
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before it.
The girl even gets to see President Clinton who as |
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But the poor
girl after around 12 months of chemotherapy still |
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gets lung
cancer with multiple nodules on both lungs and |
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Well played
by all concerned without creating sparks. |
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Notes
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