‘Wonder’ kid gets a new jaw
A 16-year-old boy has a new look and better function following pioneering facial reconstruction surgery.
By Sue Thoms | 19 comments | 5614 Shares | September 6, 2017
As Peter Dankelson lay in his incubator, a fragile newborn with complex birth defects, doctors painted a grim picture of his future.
“They couldn’t tell us if he could hear, if he’d ever be able to talk. We had a doctor tell us he would never drink or swallow anything. We had a doctor tell us he would never be able to drive a car or go to college,†said Peter’s mother, Dede Dankelson.
How wrong they were.
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