Family of Mexican boy fighting tumor to stay in US
Source: Associated Press
Dec 2, 6:43 PM EST
Family of Mexican boy fighting tumor to stay in US
By RUSSELL CONTRERAS
Associated Press
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An 11-year-old Mexican boy, Jose Antonio Ramirez Serrano recovers a week after an
11-hour surgery to remove a large portion of a massive tumor on his shoulder and
neck at the University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque. N.M. New Mexico Gov.
Susana Martinez visited Jose Antonio Ramirez Serrano on Monday a week after the
Ciudad Juarez-born boy underwent the risky procedure to remove what doctors
called multiple cysts, spongy-soft tissue and a conglomeration of blood vessels.
(AP Photo/Russell Contreras)
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- The parents of an 11-year-old Mexican boy who recently had portions of a massive tumor removed has been allowed to stay in the U.S. while he receives treatment.
A spokesman for New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez said Tuesday that federal immigration officials have granted the family of Jose Antonio Ramirez Serrano an extended visa.
Last month, doctors at University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque expunged a third of the watermelon-sized tumor during an 11-hour surgery. Doctors say Jose will need months of physical therapy followed by more surgeries.
In July 2012, U.S. Homeland Security Investigations assisted in picking up the boy and his parents from a neighborhood in Ciudad Juarez - one of the deadliest cities in the world because of drug cartels.
His family had been traveling back and forth to visit.
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