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Photo credit: Newsday/John Paraskevas | Ten-year-old Taylor Ryan, who suffers from a rare blood disorder, relaxes in her bedroom. (June 11, 2012)
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Taylor Ryan jumps from the swing and hoists herself up to the monkey bars, dangling by one arm. She beckons her dad to fetch a juice box and bickers with her kid sister as the pair play on their backyard swing set.
It's something of a typical day for the East Islip girl except not much has been typical in her 10 years. Since being diagnosed three years ago with a form of histiocytosis -- an...
