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Authors: Debra Shiveley Welch

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h
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did not h
a
ve
t
h
e
s
u
pp
o
rt
it
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ed.
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wou
ld
be fi
x
ed
i
n su
b
sequ
e
nt
s
u
r
g
eries.
His
m
o
t
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er
ad
o
r
e
d
h
i
m.
C
h
apter
Ei
g
ht
een

 

As
I
Walk with Bea
u
ty, As
I
walk,
as
I
walk,
T
h
e
u
n
i
v
erse is wal
k
i
n
g with
me. In
b
ea
u
ty it wal
k
s
b
ef
o
re
m
e;
In be
a
u
ty it w
a
l
k
s beh
i
nd
m
e; In
b
ea
u
ty it wal
k
s
b
elow
m
e;
In
b
ea
u
ty it wal
k
s a
b
o
v
e
m
e.
Beauty is on
e
v
ery s
i
de.
As
I
wal
k
, I walk
with Bea
u
ty. Tra
d
itio
n
al
Na
v
ajo Prayer
Le
n
a
was
fra
n
t
ic
a
b
o
u
t
g
etting
Lo
g
a
n
to
dr
i
n
k
fr
o
m
a
c
up
.
Dr.
Re
ub
e
n
,
t
h
e
p
l
as
ti
c
su
rg
eon
t
o
w
h
om Lena
h
a
d
dec
i
ded
t
o
e
n
tr
ust
her
c
h
il
d
,
s
t
ated t
h
at
Log
a
n
m
u
st
be
able
to
d
r
ink
f
rom a
cup
be
f
o
re
palate
su
r
g
e
r
y
.
Once t
h
e
palates
w
e
r
e
close
d
,
s
u
ction
w
ou
l
d be
p
o
ss
i
ble,
an
d d
a
ng
er
ous
t
o
t
h
e
n
ewly
closed
p
alates
u
n
til
they
h
eale
d
;
a
vac
uu
m
c
ou
l
d
rip
t
h
e
stitc
h
es and
r
e
op
e
n
t
h
e
m
.
Even
a
si
p
p
y
c
u
p
c
ou
l
d
c
ause
a
vac
u
um
to
f
o
r
m
,
and put
stress
on
new
s
u
tures.
C
o
u
n
tless, fr
u
s
trati
n
g h
o
urs were
s
p
e
n
t
i
n
tr
y
i
n
g
t
o
g
et
t
h
e
littl
e
i
m
p to
co
m
p
l
y
,
un
t
il
one da
y
,
tir
e
d
o
f
sta
n
d
i
ng by
a
n
d
w
atch
i
ng
t
h
e dra
m
a, Re
v
a
g
o
t
u
p
fr
o
m t
h
e
ta
b
le
an
d
wal
k
ed
to
t
h
e
k
itc
h
e
n
w
h
ich
ad
jo
i
n
ed
the fa
m
i
ly
r
oo
m
.
O
p
e
n
i
n
g
a
d
r
awer,
a
n
d
e
x
t
r
acti
n
g
a
spoo
n
, s
h
e
calmly
wal
k
e
d
t
o
t
h
e
c
h
il
d
secure
d
firml
y
i
n
a
h
i
g
h
c
h
air
,
d
ip
p
e
d
t
h
e
s
p
oo
n
i
n
t
o t
h
e
g
l
ass
of
water,
p
l
aced
it
u
pon
h
i
s
li
p
s
and
tilted.
He
d
ra
n
k. C
on
tin
u
ing
until
t
h
e
v
essel
was
h
alf
way
c
o
ns
u
m
e
d
,
s
h
e
lifted
t
h
e
c
u
p and p
l
ac
e
d
i
t
a
g
a
i
nst
Lo
ga
n
’s
li
p
s.
A
g
ain,
he dran
k
.

C
h
a!
So
m
u
ch
f
u
ss.
T
h
e
c
h
ild
is
t
h
irsty

h
e
will
d
rin
k
,
e
nn
it!” Reva p
r
oclai
m
ed.
Relief
swe
p
t th
r
ou
g
h Le
n
a

s
b
od
y
, and
t
h
en c
h
ag
r
in. “
C
ha,
U
n
ci,
I
h
ave
been b
l
i
n
d
ed
by fe
a
r!”
Re
v
a
s
m
ile
d
,
n
od
d
ed,
and
c
on
tin
u
e
d
t
h
e
p
r
o
ce
d
ure
u
n
til
Lo
g
an

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