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Limerick Mother Fights For Life, Supported By Team

Posted on 04 March 2011. Tags:

LIMERICK PA – A now comatose Limerick PA mother of newborn twins, Kristi Morrisroe Hertzog, is being supported by dozens of friends and family members who have labeled themselves as “Team Kristi” while she slowly recovers in a Philadelphia hospital from viral infection complications. The good news is, she’s exhibiting gradual improvement in heart function, despite having earlier suffered cardiac arrest.

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  1. Saturday’s Headlines In The Post | The Sanatoga Post says:
    March 5, 2011 at 6:38 am

    [...] Limerick Mother Fights For Life, Supported By Team Dozens of supporters from Limerick east to Norristown are hoping for the rapid recovery of a mother and teacher who suffered a debilitating illness during the birth of her newborn twins. [...]


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