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  • 2021-04-24 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Doctors Hospitalize a Boy After He Revealed His Dad's Secret? (en)
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  • Since at least 2020, an online advertisement claimed that doctors hospitalized a boy the day after he revealed his dad's secret at school. The ad showed a picture of a crying boy next to the headline: Boy Reveals Dad's Secret At School, Doctors Take Him To Hospital The Next Day. Readers who clicked the ad were led to a 40-page slideshow article with a stranger headline: Youngster Blurts Out Her Dad’s Secret; Teacher Insists On Explanation. The ad and the first page of the lengthy article appeared to indicate some kind of abusive situation at home. However, this was all very misleading. Doctors did not take a boy to the hospital the day after he revealed his dad's secret at school. Also, the boy in the ad did not appear to be the same child, nor was he in kindergarten. The headline of the story incorrectly said her for the boy. We also found no record that he blurted out the news about his dad. Here's the real story. In 2017, 34-year-old Darreld Petersen needed a kidney transplant. Camden, his 4-year-old son, was attending preschool at Washington Charlie Brown Preschool & Childcare in Mason City, Iowa. His teacher, 54-year-old Nancy Bleuer, learned about the situation and found out she was a match. She donated one of her kidneys to him on June 1, 2017. The procedure occurred at University of Iowa Hospital. On May 24, 2017, ABC News reported on the true story: University of Iowa Hospital reported that the surgery went well: In sum, a boy was not taken to the hospital the day after revealing his dad's secret at school. The true story behind the misleading ad and 40-page article was a heartwarming tale of a teacher donating a kidney. (en)
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