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Pippie Kruger heads home today─── 09:15 Fri, 14 Sep 2012
Pretoria - After spending eight months in hospital care, burn survivor Isabella "Pippie" Kruger is going home today. The three-year-old earned worldwide attention after becoming the first South African to have skin grown for her in a US laboratory after suffering third-degree burns to 80% of her body. Pippie will continue to visit a rehabilitation hospital three times a week for occupational, speech and physiotherapy. Her brain was affected by strokes but her Occupational therapist Carmen Wright, who has been treating Pippie since April, is hopeful about her recovery. She will have to wear pressure garments 23 hours a day for two years to reduce scarring.
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