She looks beautiful!!!

She looks beautiful and I am so happy for her that she can lead a normal life now.

The lack of medical help is what you can expect from socialized medicine. Good thing we have a free market here. Otherwise where could she have gone?

Lovely girl, lovely story! Our free market medical system was the choice of the British parents. Socialized medicine might not bring such innovative, awesome results. Go USA!

That is so wonderful. I hope she had an amazing time. She looks beautiful.

I was born with the exact problem in 1930 in Maryland. None of the doctors would touch this problem. It was gtowing and I was sent home to die…There was a clinic on Eutaw Street in Baltimore, Md. Dr Burnam, came recently from Germany with radiun. They decided to use the radium patches over several years until it disappeared. It was a burn and family had to to hold me between their legs to rock me as I was not allowed to cry. Yes, at 77 years old I am doing fine. The burn scar over the years moved back and there is no scaring to be see. Several year later one of the Dionne girls had one on her leg and my case was present there in Canada. She received the same treatment. Happy to share this with you. The prom picture shows a beautiul young lady. Nice to know that over many years passed, treatments are still a mircle and only by the hands of our Lord.
Betty Willis Waterfield. You can contact if you like.

GOD BLESS THESE WONDERFUL DOCTORS AND GOD BLESS THIS BEAUTIFUL AND PRECIOUS YOUNG LADY.
THESE DOCTORS ARE HEROES IN MY BOOK!

This story brings tears to my eyes. I was also effected with a birth mark on my face as a child, mine however miraculously disappeared, however I can only imagine going through what this beautiful girl went through. Blessings to the amazing doctors that handled her case and to her and her family for having the strength to endure such troubled waters.

Absolutely beautiful. But what matters most is the look of pure joy on her face. May she have the most wonderful life, with no troubles, from now on. Gorgeous girl.

This is just one of the amazing stories that Dr. Waner has helped bring to reality! My 11 month old had surgery with him just 8 weeks ago for a hemangioma that you really could not see, but could have easily robbed her of her vision. Our doctors in Oregon would not do surgery so we travelled to NY to meet Dr. Waner and his team and they performed nothing short of a miracle and now she is free to continue to grow and develop without the worries of her hemangioma.

Cody looks amazing and is a testament of the skill and compassion of such a wonderful doctor!

Cody is a striking young lady! May the Lord continue bless her for the rest of her life!

This only show the US what will happen if and when the left wing liberals get hold of health care and do their (reform) on it… England has socialized medical locations. We really need to keep healthcare near the same as it is.. Tis not perfect, howeer it better than Canada and England…

God Bless the US of A

Bless her heart. She is so beautiful!

I am literally sitting here with tears in my eyes looking at her beautiful smile. Praise God for the amazing talent of such gifted doctors!

God bless this beautiful girl and her beautiful smile. May she and her family always be blessed.

What a wonderful report. Thanks for the uplifting story.

I was also born with hemangioma on my left temple area. Mine dimished mostly by the time I went to kindergarten. I recently had the ‘remnants’ of it removed. It was the first time my cosmetic surgeon had operated on one… the doctor at the local Mayo Clinic would not/could not help me… I am glad I did the surgery. After years of suffering from self esteem issues, I feel more beautiful than ever at 36! I am so glad for this girl! I know that if feels good to be “normal”!

That is why God gave doctors the art of cosmetic surgery. Not for vain people that just want to impress someone. Praise the LORD!!!!!!

So great to see good stories in the news. She is adorable!!

Cody is beautiful and very brave and my hat is off to her loving parents! I can relate to their experience in that my Grandaughter Sarah (now 9 months) has just made her 5th trip to Dr. Waner in New York. My Son Chuck and his wonderful wife Kim continually say how thankful they are that God brought them to Dr. Waner and what a wonderful life’ dedication to children Dr. Waner has made.
I encourage you to visit Sarah’s site at http://www.porkchopsarah.blogspot.com/ and read the details. I am the thankful Grandpa that hopes that others will be helped by our Weblog site for Sarah! The majority of families we have had contact thru Dr. Waner have said that their child was not properly diagnosed properly yet Dr. Waner does his miracles when they eventually find him.

I think its wonderful how people come together to help someone with a tumor like that, God Bless Them.

She looks absolutely beautiful. It’s amazing what doctors can do. Have a wonderful life!

This is one of the very best human interest news items I’ve seen in many years. Thank you for sharing. I wish all the best for the beautiful young woman featured in this fascinating article, and my heart goes out to her and her family members for the many years of anguish that they have undoubtedly experienced. But successfully!

YOU GO, GIRL!

Kim

All you can say is God Bless the doctors and the hospital, and thank you God for creating America where such things are possible.

Dr. Waner you gave this beautiful girl a precious gift for her 15th. birthday, she looks like a star! God bless you Cody Hall.

May God bless this lovely young lady, and may God continue to bless the American medical system. With nods to my fellow Republican posters, the socialized medical system of the United Kingdom would’ve kept this young woman waiting for YEARS for elective surgery. “HillaryCare” will be the death of us all.

God is great. He gave these surgeons the mind and talent to help his little children with their deformities. What an enlightening story and thanks to Fox News for reporting it. It is frightening to think that America will adopt the fatally flawed system of socialized medicine. It will put modern medicine back 30 years.

Dr. Waner is a miracle worker. Cody is one of many miraculous surgeries her has performed. I am the President and Founder of the leading not for profit in the world for children and adults with hemangiomas and other vascular birthmarks and tumors. Dr. Waner and I wrote a book on this subject and he helped to found VBF. We are desperately trying to raise awareness about hemangiomas so that individuals like Cody do not have to suffer for 14 years to look normal. Our goal is to get every pediatrician to refer the baby at the 4 week well baby check up to a specialist. I call this Baby with Birthmarks and am desperately trying to meet with the American Academy of Pediatrics to accomplish this goal. Thank you for raising awareness about hemangiomas and for the wonderful article. We have a chapter in Europe of our foundation with a base in England. We have 9 other worldwide chapters that all operate via the internet. Thank GOD for the internet. It has helped us to help over 35,000 people worldwide to receive treatment.

Dr. Linda Rozell-Shannon
President and Founder
Vascular Birthmarks Foundation
http://www.birthmark.org

A beautiful girl is born out of a tragic situation thanks to the best medicine and health care in the world. The story is just another testimony of the heartlessnes and failure of socialized medicine. So why would we as American s want to “change” to something so inferior?

Miss Cody went through tremendous times in her young life and came out of them a lovely young lady. God Bless her, her family and the great Doctors here in the USA. My late son had 2 very small hemangiomas on his left knee at birth. He wasn’t so lucky. As he grew, so did they. In grade school, the left knee of his jeans were unmarked as the opposite knee ended up rag-tag. The condition made contact sports out of his reach. He up with cavernous varicosities through the entire leg. It looked awful and caused him much pain. It also caused a shortening of the leg. He was in a terrible motorcycle accident [he was a passenger] when he was 26; most of the damage was to that same left leg. He came very close to losing it. My son was born in 1957, and I’m guessing that the Vascular Surgeons weren’t as educated as they are today. Even I, an RN, never knew that that stem cells were involved. He died last June from pulmonary problems at the age of 49.

Fantastic story. My daughter has also had surgery with Dr Waner and we are from England. She is eight and has had five surgeries so far. She PHACE Syndrome and has undergone open heart surgery and has many issues that we are dealing with.

Good to read how well Cody has done.

Dear friends,

Just a quick note to thank all of you for your fantastic support. Cody has had a very difficult life. It is only in recent years she has been able to come to terms with who she is, due to the pioneering procedures used by her fantastic surgeon, Dr Milton Waner. He is a genuinely humble man who has devoted most of his life to helping others. Without him my daughter would not be the confident young lady she is today. She is now excited by the future rather than pessimistic. This man has given Cody a new lease of life and we as a family are eternally thankful.

She has caused quite a stir on both sides of “the pond”. And quite frankly I’m glad. It’s about time people realized we are not all perfect and regardless of race, colour, disability etc we all have a role to play in society. My daughter can walk tall , hold her head up and show the world just how beautiful she is both inside and out. She has been so brave over the years and brought together many people. She has a message to tell the world and that is love and perseverance can conquer any obstacle.

Once again many many thanks for all the kind words of support. I am humbled to know there are so many kind caring people in this world

Sincerely

Tony Hall

What a great story. I never knew what a Hemangioma was until my daughter was born with a large segmental Hemangioma on her face 3 years ago. I researched vascular birthmarks and saw Dr. Waner on a TLC shows about vascular birthmarks right after she was born. I had to be an activist for my daughter and push for referrals. Our pediatrician hardly knew about Hemangiomas. Thankfully, we got early intervention she needed and avoided very serious issues (blocked airway, heart functioning issues, blocked ear canal and vision issues). We do have cosmetic issues and have done surgeries and laser, but she is a normal child.

It would be so nice to have more awareness for vascular birthmarks and for pediatricians to know more and screen earlier ona mentioned in a previous post by Dr. Linda Rozell-Shannon
President and Founder, Vascular Birthmarks Foundation.

For parents with a child that has a vascular birthmark, there are great support sites out there.

Best of luck to Cody, she is an inpiration of courage. THank you for sharing your story.

From a parent with a child who has a Hemangioma

Yep, shows what a doctor can do in America if you hand him $376,000…God bless him for his selfless charity.

Anyone, anywhere, from any country, can get remarkable results from the American health-care system…if you have the scratch…so beg for the dough, steal it, or be born with it…or win the lotto…and you’ll be fine. But if you have a pre-existing condition in the U.S….well, all us good Christians have decided your life is not worth the effort…go die in a gutter, pal…money talks, BS walks.

Our health care is the best in the world…as long as the health insurance companies get to wet their beaks…up to the armpits…

Congratulations to Cody. Dr Wanner operated on my Grandson Hayden when he was still located in Little Rock,. Arkansas, and again last year in New York. He is such a great man. We are so lucky to have found him as no other doctors were willing to operate on him. He is doing great now. Dr Waner is so gifted and is such a miracle worker.

I am shocked by the incredible attitude of many of these posters.in Great Britain(thats England,Wales,Scotland and Ulster to those who still think its all England) healthcare is free to ALL at the point of delivery and has nothing to do with ones ability to pay.the treatment Cody got was highly specialist and cost nearly $400,000( paid for by the generous people of Corby through fundraising)In Britain our medical services are dedicated to more common day to day ailments from coughs to cancer etc and it is prenatal to post mortam.Cody was not refused treatment it was just felt that the best treatment available at the time(1993 if memory serves)was in the USA. My family and I are on a modest income and I sleep very well at night knowing that all of us have total 100% health coverage,any disease,emergency,disability,(nowadays one would presume Codys’ ailment aswell) treatment is just a phone call away no fuss and NO BILLS. FORTY MILLION AMERICANS HAVE NO HEALTH COVER,SHAME ON YOU!

I know all too well what Cody has gone through. My daughter was also born with a massive facial hemangioma. She has had over 13 reconstructive surgeries with Dr. Waner as well! He is truly an exceptional person and we are so glad to have found him.