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‘Chicago Justice’ opens door for Glencoe actress BY EMILY SPECTRE DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM
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lencoe resident Sarah Hall recently scored a role in the Dick Wolf television drama Chicago Justice on NBC. Hall plays the mother of a college student accused of murder, a storyline based on the Amanda Knox case. “I was really grateful to have the chance to do this role,” Hall told DailyNorthShore. The episode was shot in a home in Irving Park, as well as at the NBC studios in Chicago. Hall remarked how Wolf ’s various television series located in Chicago, such as Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D. and Chicago Med, have created a wealth of opportunities for the local acting community. Hall always had an interest in Continued on PG 12
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Rare surgery helps baby born with four legs Glenview, Glencoe doctors lead team at Advocate Children’s Hospital
performed a successful, lifechanging surgery on the baby at Advocate Children’s Hospital. Now 10 months old, Dominique was born with a parasitic rachipagus conjoined twin — an incompletely formed twin joined to her by the vertebral column — and her twin’s not-fully-developed body of a bladder, spine, waist, legs and feet, with the appendages protruding from Dominique’s neck and back. “It’s an exceedingly rare variation of an exceedingly rare BY STEVE HANDWERKER condition,” said Dr. Belin, adding DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM that there have only been about 25 described cases of a parasitic r. Frank Vicari and Dr. twin attached to the spine and Eric Belin had reserva- 30 cases of a double spine in the tions when asked to world, which Dominique has. operate on an infant who was “Nobody’s done a lot of these,” born with the legs of an incom- added Dr. Vicari. “Personally, pletely formed twin protruding this is my second conjoined from her neck and back. twin.” “It was very unfamiliar. I His first, performed many winced a bit when I was trying years ago at Children’s Memoto decide whether to take the rial Hospital, is now a healthy case on,” said Dr. Belin, of young woman with a career. Glencoe, who is a pediatric and Shortly after her birth in Ivory adult comprehensive spine Coast, West Africa, Dominique’s surgeon at Illinois Bone and parents sought medical treatJoint Institute and Advocate ment, and Ohio-based charity Children’s Hospital in Park Children’s Medical Mission Ridge. “[But] when you see the West (CMMW ) brought her clinical picture, and see this baby plight to the world via Facebook. with these limbs coming off the Nancy Swabb, of Chicago’s spine, you realize that this is Edgebrook neighborhood, heard someone we have to help.” about her and contacted longDr. Vicari, of Glenview, chief time Advocate Lutheran General of Advocate’s pediatric plastic pediatric neurosurgeon Dr. John surgery and cranial facial surgery, Ruge. felt similarly. Given her age and photos and “If you’re not intimidated by virtually no medical information, a case like this, there’s something Ruge needed to ascertain if sucterribly wrong with you,” he said. cessful surgery were possible. “And if you don’t want to take “He came to me and asked, Dominique is recovering with a foster family in Chicago after undergoing a life-changing, six-hour on a case like this, doing what I ‘Do you think we can do this?’ ” surgery that removed a parasitic twin from her spine. PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF ADVOCATE do, there’s something terribly said Dr. Vicari, a surgeon for CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL wrong with you.” nearly 30 years. “I said, ‘I think Advocate Lutheran was on family took her into its home team conducted initial CT and Drs. Vicari and Belin did take so.’ Then, he approached the board. when she arrived in early Febru- MRI scans at Advocate Luon the case — and with a team hospital and asked, ‘Will you do CMMW arranged for Dom- ary. Dominique’s family would of 50 clinicians on March 8 this?’ ” inique’s journey, and Swabb’s receive ongoing updates. Ruge’s Continued on PG 12
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