Young girl fights tumor with spirit, strength and medical expertise
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Her proud parents are the first to say Ava Ferreira is everything a normal four-year-old girl should be, but more. Ava and her mother were lucky to have survived the dangerous birth. The massive growth affecting Ava's face is called a lymphangioma. It's an abnormal collection of blood vessels. In Ava's case, the vessels have wrapped themselves in around the nerves and structures beneath her skin.
