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Archive Home > 2001 > August > 05 > CHARGE syndrome won’t stop Kyle

CHARGE syndrome won’t stop Kyle

Bend youth will seek treatment in Boston to lessen his daily pain

By Rebecca Merritt / The Bulletin
August 5, 2001

Kyle Wickersham spends five hours a day hooked to a feeding tube because he has trouble swallowing.

Not much fun for a 7-year-old who likes to ride his bicycle and run around his family's big lawn.

Although small for his age, the spirited boy talks and plays like most kids his age. If it weren't....

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