I guess MPSIMS is as good a place as any for this and I want to share this story.
I can see why this won the Pulitzer Prize for The Oregonian! 4 part series. Well worth reading. Amazing true story.
The Boy Behind The Mask
http://www.oregonlive.com/mask/
" Part 1: At a certain age, nothing is more important than fitting in. Except for the deformity, Sam was normal in every way. But everyone outside Sam’s circle of family and friends would have a hard time seeing beyond the mass of tissue on his face.
» Part 2: Sometimes acceptance comes in the struggle to achieve it"
Dr. Tim Campbell looked down into Sam Lightner’s face. The boy, he remembers thinking, was giving up. Unless something dramatic happened, he would die…
» Part 3: The risks we take can tell us who we are
A nurse appears in the doorway. It’s time to go, she says. Sam Lightner takes a deep breath and nods feebly.
» Part 4: “I am Sam; Sam I am.”
The doors to Operating Room 16 opened with a bang, and two intensive-care nurses pushed Sam Lightner’s gurney into the hallway, maneuvered it to their left and toward an elevator."