Burns as a baby left Sithan Leam's calf and foot fused to her thigh. Star-Bulletin readers helped raise money to bring Sithan to Honolulu for surgery in February 2007, and now the 15-year-old girl from Cambodia is on a painful journey to begin walking. Here, she dressed her leg bandage with the help of Shriners Hospital's Richelle Asselstine last November.
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