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HopeCONNECTIONOctober 2009 - Volume 5, Number 1

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Photo of Kathryn GravesWhen you are 85 years old, it is not unusual to have medical issues that need to be addressed. That is why Kathryn Graves was visiting her doctor. She was being treated for a bladder condition, and her doctor had decided that surgery was necessary. But as he was x-raying Kathryn’s chest as part of her pre-op exam, the doctor suddenly noticed a black spot on one of her lungs. “We thought it was pneumonia,” Kathryn recalls. “He put me on drugs and we figured it would go away. But 10 days later, the spot was still there." Read more >>

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