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Posts Tagged ‘World Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Day’

Making Life Happen: Living Life with Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus

October 25, 2012

Meet Luke Russell, a freshman at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater who plans to major in marine biology with either a second major or a minor in psychology. He has spina bifida and hydrocephalus.

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