Ryan Jeffers plays with his daughter Malyia Jeffers after physical therapy at the Shriner's Children Hospital in Sacramento...Malyia Jeffers is a toddler who lost parts of her limbs after a medical saga that began with a high fever on a Sunday morning. It turned out that she was a victim of a severe Streptococcus A infection. Malyia spent several months in the Stanford Children's Hospital ICU and Davis Medical Center where she underwent limb amputations and skin grafts among numerous other medical treatments. Her father spends many hours with her as he struggles to keep the family going, and plan for a very different future. March 24, 2011.
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