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Yemeni mother arrives in Bay Area to visit dying toddler son
Source: San Jose Mercury News
Yemeni mother arrives in Bay Area to visit dying toddler son
Doctors at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland are unsure how long the boy with genetic brain condition will live.
By JASON GREEN | jason.green@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: December 19, 2018 at 9:07 pm | UPDATED: December 20, 2018 at 5:16 am
SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT — A Yemeni mother previously barred by the Trump administration’s travel policy from flying to the United States to visit her dying 2-year-old son in an Oakland hospital arrived at San Francisco International Airport on Wednesday night.
Shaima Swileh’s son, Abdullah, is on life support at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland. He has a genetic brain condition that worsens each day, and doctors have said it’s not known how much longer he will live.
“This is a difficult time for our family but we are blessed to be together,” the boy’s father, Ali Hassan, said at the airport. “I ask you to respect our privacy as we go to be with our son again.”
Swileh did not speak.
Swileh received a waiver from the State Department on Tuesday. She had been staying in Cairo, Egypt, because of the White House travel ban against nationals from certain Muslim countries.
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Doctors at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland are unsure how long the boy with genetic brain condition will live.
By JASON GREEN | jason.green@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: December 19, 2018 at 9:07 pm | UPDATED: December 20, 2018 at 5:16 am
SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT — A Yemeni mother previously barred by the Trump administration’s travel policy from flying to the United States to visit her dying 2-year-old son in an Oakland hospital arrived at San Francisco International Airport on Wednesday night.
Shaima Swileh’s son, Abdullah, is on life support at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland. He has a genetic brain condition that worsens each day, and doctors have said it’s not known how much longer he will live.
“This is a difficult time for our family but we are blessed to be together,” the boy’s father, Ali Hassan, said at the airport. “I ask you to respect our privacy as we go to be with our son again.”
Swileh did not speak.
Swileh received a waiver from the State Department on Tuesday. She had been staying in Cairo, Egypt, because of the White House travel ban against nationals from certain Muslim countries.
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Read more: https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/12/19/yemeni-mother-arrives-in-bay-area-to-visit-dying-toddler-son/
Shaima Swileh, left, follows her husband Ali Hassan after she arrived at the San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco on Wednesday. Swileh, of Yemen, was granted an expedited visa, a waiver from the President Donald Trump travel ban to visit her 2-year-old son Abdullah who is in critical condition and hospitalized at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland.
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