Tag: Diamond-Blackfan anemia
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Diamond-Blackfan anemia and tap shoes
Jill PurteeSurprise, Arizona, United States Forty years ago I worked in a four-bed pediatric intensive care unit nestled in the pediatric ward. Every few weeks amongst the beeps and alarms, I heard the clicking of tap shoes coming down the pediatric ward hallway. My morning hug from Alma, a young girl with Diamond-Blackfan anemia, followed…