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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has apologized to the parents of Amelia Rivera, a disabled three-year-old girl who, according to her parents, was initially denied a chance at a kidney transplant because she is "mentally retarded- mulberry bags ." This is the first direct statement the hospital has made about the case, which became an online cause for tens of thousands of people after Chrissy Rivera blogged about a meeting with a doctor and social worker there. She wrote that the doctor came to the meeting with the words "mentally retarded" and "brain damage" highlighted on two pieces of paper and insisted that Amelia's mental delays made her ineligible for a transplant- mulberry sale . In today's statement, the Riveras say: "Despite an unfortunate encounter a few weeks ago, we hold The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in high regard. We've had a three year relationship with the hospital and are pleased with the care that Amelia has received." If their daughter can be "seen as Amelia, and not as a diagnosis of her mental abilities" it may help other families, they say. The statement says: "Both the family and CHOP want to emphasize that no decision on Amelia's candidacy for a transplant has yet been made. Evaluation for possible transplant is a long and involved process... Decisions are never made in a single visit- mulberry bags for sale ."
