PORTLAND (AP) – A 7-year-old Iraqi girl who underwent surgery in Maine last month to repair her skull won’t be returning home as early as expected.
Doctors have determined that Noora Afif Abdulhameed will need additional surgery to deal with a small area on her scalp that’s not healing properly.
Susi Eggenberger of Arundel, who helped bring Noora and her father to Portland, says a decision on the upcoming procedure could come Thursday.
Doctors at Maine Medical Center had mended the damage caused by a sniper’s bullet two years ago in Iraq. Noora hoped to return home this month, and Eggenberger says the girl and her father are obviously disappointed by the setback.
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