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Show Hospital clarifies Norton treatment An article focusing on 17-year-old cancer victim Audrey Norton was featured in last Wednesday's newspaper. American Fork Hospital officials would like to encourage community residents to support efforts to help the Norton family, but they would also like to clarify some misconceptions misconcep-tions that may have resulted from the article. "We feel that the cause of raising money for Audrey Norton is very commendable, and we know that 8h "as received - and is receiving A are Poss'We at both vT1Cpn Frk HSpital and Utah Valley Regional Medical c says APH Administrator Craig stated in the article about her stay at Amencan Pork Hospital were w r ,e ' tnd we would like t0 Pt the record straight." According to Audrey Norton's Pbysiclan) Brent Johnson, M D Pork Ha?f a,dmitted t0 A"n svmnt. Pal " APril n to Sn7S tt pointed to nn infec- otherirperJU-B--Che8t "nd to-SmTttnir--'-1 .a As soon as Audrey w , to the hospital, she was;;: infection-fighting IV When her symptom5 spond to these anhbioh suiting pulmonolg': Valley Regional MeJ was called in to cond testing. He removed I fluid from Audreys en J fluid which did not sW infection. Because of theseri I condition, the doctors transport Audrey fr. Fork Hospital toUU gional Medical Cen ! testing on April ! ,;-including ,;-including a CT scan J, identified a tumor in , "Audrey Norton with a very rare d -Johnson. "We a 11 ; working for a safe an come." Smedley W,;?; can Fork Hosp.taU tfr,i Regional Medical thing possible to Pf) host wishes are " , her and her fami |