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CBC News Health Disfigured Vietnamese orphan almost done treatmentskip to main content (press enter) CBCca News news drop down menu Sports sports drop down menu Radio radio drop down menu TV tv drop down menu My Region my region drop down menu More more drop down menu Watch watch drop down menu Listen listen drop down menu Search CBCca Submit Search Sign Up Log In HealthHome World Canada BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Manitoba Thunder Bay Sudbury Windsor Toronto Ottawa Montreal NB PEI NS NL North Politics Health Arts & Entertainment Music Film Television Books Media Art & Design Theatre Technology & Science Money Consumer Life Diversions Weather Your Voice REPUBLISH EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK Disfigured Vietnamese orphan almost done treatmentLast Updated Saturday December 19 2009 149 PM ET Comments82Recommend122CBC News A smiling Son Pham only has two surgeries to go (CBC)After 2 years and 23 surgeries a 12yearold Vietnamese boy living in Halifax is nearing the end of his medical treatment to remove a large growth from his faceSon Pham is scheduled to head to the Childrens Hospital Boston on Sunday where he will undergo his secondlast procedure on Christmas EveThanks to so many Nova Scotians Maritimers Canadians this journey will see a happy ending said Olwyn Walter Sons caregiver in HalifaxMy favourite thing in Canada is to go in the hospital to get my treatmentVietnamese orphan Son PhamSon was discovered at a Vietnamese orphanage by the Childrens Bridge Foundation a charity based in OttawaIt raised $750000 to bring Son to North America to give him a chance at a normal life by removing his spongelike facial tumourSo far the footballsized growth has shrunk by 70 per cent Walter saidCaregiver Olwyn Walter is grateful to everyone who made Sons treatment possible (CBC)But his next operation is expected to be a painful one which will slow him down she saidSon understands that this Christmas his third Christmas in Canada will not be his favourite Christmas of the three of themAlthough Son will be in recovery on Christmas Day hes still looking forward to the surgeryMy favourite thing in Canada is to go in the hospital to get my treatment he saidThank you for they to help meThe goal is for Son to have his final surgery in January and then move back home to Vietnam in February in time for the Asian Lunar New Year and his 13th birthday Walter saidBut it seems Son will always have a bit of Canada in him now that hes a hockey fanI cheering for Pittsburgh Penguins because Sidney Crosby is in Pittsburgh team he saidSon seen pretreatment in 2007 suffers from a birthmark thats been growing out of control since he was an infant (CBC)Crosbys home province is Nova Scotia Sons home away from homeJohn Mulliken a Boston plastic surgeon with a specialty in vascular anomalies and a team ...