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 Pippie has now started to eat baby food and even chicken after months of using feeding tubes 

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Dr. Ridwan Mia, the surgeon who attached Isabella Kruger's skin, said that the toddler is now breathing on her own and "doing very well."

Isabella, better known by her nickname Pippie, suffered third-degree burns on more than 80 percent of her body following an accident at a family barbecue.

Earlier this month, doctors attached the skin, which was cloned in Boston using mouse cells as a scaffold.

Pippie has now started to eat baby food and even chicken after months of using feeding tubes.

Mia says Pippie will need daily therapy in the months to come, including physiotherapy to strengthen her muscles.

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Sun May 19 21:52:16 SAST 2013 ::

Jun 27, 2012

Papage

Hope the skin will stick and not fall off as she grows. Good luck and Parents please look after your Children, stop washing yourself with alcohol, it is for drinking not bathing.
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Jun 27, 2012

QueenTT

Good Luck baby girl!!!!
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