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The girl has a congenital defect known as tethered spinal cord that limits the movement of the spinal cord within the spinal column. As she grows it will cause paralysis. At present, she suffers incontinence and leg pain. The defect can be corrected by surgery, which will have to be done outside of Jordan. Image by Mark Hoffman. Jordan. 2016.

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Mark Johnson greets Syrian refugee children in the Zaatari refugee camp about 90 minutes north of Amman, Jordan.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Mark Johnson discusses his reporting project, "The Healing," on the efforts of a Syrian-born pediatric neurologist to help refugees from Syria who are stuck in the Zaatari camp in Jordan.

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