lea ament, left, and tamara nunley talk about the care their team provided for helen and robert valenzuela at st. jude medical center in fullerton. (scott smeltzer / staff photographer)
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worried about how helen was doing after doctors performed surgery on her colon the same day he was admitted, robert, whose condition stabilized, had a simple request for his nurse:
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senator: i�m looking through the trillion-dollar federal budget. i�m looking for the money allocated to fix this horrible situation. where are those funds?
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on the afternoon of may 1, nurses got clearances from doctors and wheeled robert into helen's room.
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