[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 27 (Thursday, February 13, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E228]
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                 IN RECOGNITION OF SOME EVERYDAY HEROES

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                          HON. J. RANDY FORBES

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 12, 2003

  Mr. FORBES. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to 
recognize four outstanding individuals who helped me resolve a matter 
involving one of the youngest constituents of the Fourth District of 
Virginia.
  Jacquelyn Dominguez is the one year old daughter of a servicemember 
stationed at Ft. Lee. Jacquelyn was born with Cystic Hygroma on the 
right side of her neck. At the time of her birth, the cyst was 
diagnosed as ``free floating.'' Last September 2002, the Army flew the 
family to Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, DC, for Jacquelyn to be 
seen by a specialist. The specialist did several MRIs and determined 
that the cyst was growing inward on Jacquelyn's neck, cutting off her 
breathing. The best option for treatment on this tender child would be 
an experimental drug, Picibanil Sclerotherapy, also known as OK 432.
  It is not standard procedure for medical health providers to provide 
for experimental procedures. It is certainly not standard for them to 
read, and reread, and reread the rules again until they can find an 
exception. These four individuals, who neither I nor my staff had ever 
met before the plight of this little girl, took on my cause and made a 
difference.
  They helped me save this little girl's life. For that I, and 
Jacquelyn's active duty family will always be grateful. It is at this 
time that I would like to recognize Ms. Mary Dix, Vice President of the 
Uniformed Services University of Health Science (USUHS), Colonel 
Charles C. Partridge, the Legislative Counsel for the National 
Association for Uniformed Services (NAUS), Dr. Stephen K. Scroggs, 
Ph.D., the Vice President of Government Affairs at Sierra Military 
Health Services, and the most valuable player of this team, Ms. 
Christine Van Cleave, of TRICARE Management Activity--Aurora, Colorado.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask that you join me, our colleagues, and Jacquelyn 
Dominguez' family in saluting these four outstanding Americans. Their 
willingness to help young Jacquelyn is the very embodiment of our 
country's spirit, and it is fitting that the House of Representatives 
honors them on this day.

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