Fox Point Native Raises Thousands to Save Honduran Baby
A 21-year-old puts her time and money into improving the lives of Hondurans and helping discover the cause of seizures attacking her seventh-month-old, Honduran goddaughter.
At four months old, Camila Flores began having seizures that violently shook her little body. Doctors in her native Honduras were not equipped to help her, and her mother, Chena Flores, was frightened about the effects the seizures would have on her daughter. But Sam Bear, a 21-year-old Fox Point native, stepped up and raised thousands of dollars to help bring Camila to America to discover the cause of, and treat, the baby’s terrifying seizures. Bear met the Flores family on relief brigade trips through Marquette University. Chena was the head of security for the brigades Bear participated in, helping administer medical care to Hondurans in need. But Bear and Flores became more than just friends during these trips, they grew to be family…
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7:12 pm on Monday, January 24, 2011
THANKS Dr. Bear fpr comming to Honduras and helping us to help. more ›