Jo Ellen Koenig was a pretty, auburn-haired baby who seemed normal in every way when she was born in Cincinnati on Aug. 29, 1954. and she apparently throve on formula and some Pablum. At six months she seemed insatiably hungry. Still, her mother, a registered nurse, did not worry until 15 months, when Jo Ellen became abnormally irritable and puffy-faced. Doctors suspected leukemiatests were negative. They thought of kidney diseasenegative. Heart troubleJo Ellen was treated for three weeks and got no better. Finally they called in Blood Specialist Marion Eugene Lahey.
As he watched Jo Ellen get sicker and paler. Dr. Lahey...
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