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Archive Home > 2004 > August > 01 > Caring for Andrea

Caring for Andrea

A Bend family pours its emotions and finances into poviding full-time care for a daughter with a rare brain disorder.

By Kelly Kearsley / The Bulletin
August 1, 2004

PORTLAND - Andrea Zifka rested easy recently in her reclined wheelchair, her dark brown eyes gazing at a point on the wall just behind her mother's head. Born with a rare brain malformation, the petite 12-year-old girl from Bend doesn't move too much, save to stretch an arm or roll her head from....

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