Boy stable after needles removed
Posted: December 20, 2009 at 4:37 a.m.
A Brazilian toddler was awake and breathing on his own Saturday after doctors removed four life-threatening sewing needles from around one of his lungs and his heart, but he was likely to face more surgery in the coming days, a hospital director said.
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