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...Chrisha Froio...
Three-year old Chrisha Froio, from Rehoboth, Massachusetts, had a particularly difficult move. Chrisha, who received a bone marrow transplant from her father almost four weeks ago, left her sterile room for the first time since the surgery...
...move, Chrisha sat up in her sterile plastic tent as she was carefully wheeled in and out of hallways and elevators to her new room. The new room has a larger anteroom than the old one, which allows relatives to move around more easily, said Chrisha's mother, Christine Froio...
Chrisha entered Children's on August 18. Since then she has been home only three times, for a total of two weeks. Chrisha has limited contact with the outside world, and everything she touches must be sterilized. Nonetheless, Christine Froio said her daughter is full of questions, and "she loves to watch Sesame Street. She loves all the nurses and knows all their names...
Transplant patients are allowed virtually no skin contact with their relatives, and Chrisha's mother and grandmother said they can only touch her with their scrubbed hands. Christine Froio said that not being able to kiss Chrisha is "the worst feeling in the world." As a partial solution, Cudmore said she puts a facecloth on Chrisha's head in order to kiss...