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A Mother’s Fight Across Borders | Durham News
A 14-year-old leukemia patient, Ixcell Perez, fought for months alone in treatment at Duke, separated from her mom who couldn’t enter the U.S. from Mexico—until lawmakers, lawyers, and doctors rallied to secure a temporary visa. Their emotional reunion was a powerful moment of human triumph over bureaucracy. Meanwhile, history’s echoes linger: Kate Smith’s final years in Raleigh, Luther Hodges dedicating Umstead State Park, and Julia Anne Pridgen, North Carolina’s “last Confederate mother,” recalling Lincoln as a child at 100+. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow…
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