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Pittsburgh Penguins Fleury Jersey. The Twins say they will also receive cash from the Nationals. Capps got his 26th save in 30 opportunities earlier Thursday in the Nationals win over the Atlanta Braves. Packers Tramon Williams Jersey. Grube, the first-round leader, finished 54 holes at seven-under 206 and is one shot clear of overnight leader Mauricio Molina, who managed an even-par 71 on Saturday. Couple build their own care ward to battle rare cancer Huang Fusen feeds congee to his son Huang Jianfeng through a tube in a makeshift ICU near their home in Fuzhou, Fujian province in this photo taken on Dec 10. [PhotoXinhua] FUZHOU - After they had shelled out almost all their money to pay for their sons stay in hospital, the 14-year-olds parents decided to set up an ICU near their own home. In a deserted clinic in a shantytown to be torn down in East Chinas Fuzhou city, the boy struggles on with rented life support equipment, oxygen tanks and around-the-clock family care. We know its dangerous and we are always afraid of emergencies, said Zhang Xiaoying, the boys mother. But we really cant afford hospital treatment. Related readings: Love brings young and old together Connecting with parents far away Help parents who lose only child Family doctor style health care for Shanghai The couples son, Huang Jianfeng, is fighting chordoma - a bone cancer that attacks the head and spine - that has left him paralyzed below the neck. Chordoma is often resistant to chemotherapy, and it is prone to multiple recurrences. The average survival period after diagnosis is seven years, according to the Chordoma Foundation, a United States-based nonprofit organization. Huang was diagnosed in July last year and underwent an operation one month later. But the tumor reappeared in March and his condition deteriorated in October. The tumor is growing near Huangs respiratory nerve center. Doctors told local media it was a miracle for Huang to survive more than 30 days in the hospitals ICU. But that stay cost nearly 110,000 yuan ($16,400) and plunged the family deep into debt, forcing them to take the boy out of hospital on Nov 21. Huang Fusen, the boys father, said the cost of treatment over the past year grew to 330,000 yuan, an enormous amount for a couple who earn a monthly salary of 2,400 yuan working as supermarket cashiers. The Chinese government used to pay 90 percent of urban residents healthcare and essentially 100 percent of rural residents healthcare in the first three decades of the Peoples Republic of China. But the system was dismantled as the coountry switched to a market-oriented healthcare system in the early 1980s. Carson Palmer Jersey High costs have prompted the government to increase healthcare funding in recent years, but the extra funding failed to help the Huang family. What we earn in one month is not even enough for our son to stay one day in the hospitals ICU, Huang moaned. And renting a house is not an option because no landlord will allow a critically ill person in their apartment, as they think its unlucky. The father said the deserted clinic was the familys last resort. Though he does not need to pay rent, he has to fetch water in buckets because there is no tap water. But that isnt the hardest part. The life support equipment rented for 3,800 yuan a month is old and the family has little medical experience. The mother recalled that the day after they

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