MOTHER'S SACRIFICE
AX EYE FOR HER CHILD i ■ .NEW YORK. March 4? Mrs Irene Lavert.v, aged AC'. who'ji* known in tlie .small community !<>f North Wales, Pennsylvania, Tor t|ic beauty of her eyes, 'will sacrifice eiSie of them for her two-year-old .ion. j Following a measles attack ij he child can he saved from total' blindness only if a new cornea is transplanted in his infected left eye. YV\'F liam Lavert-y. the child’s father, is! a weaver who needs perfect vision t-0 earn a livelihood. \ “My baby can have both my eyest if he needs them,” the mother said be-\ fore departing for New York,, where a well-known specialist will perform the operation. ,•
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Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 21, 8 April 1938, Page 1
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113MOTHER'S SACRIFICE Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 21, 8 April 1938, Page 1
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