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Miracle Flights help Las Vegas 6th grader return to school

Posted at 8:43 PM, Mar 02, 2020
and last updated 2020-03-03 08:37:39-05

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — 11-year-old Amanda Jimenez from Las Vegas is one of 32 people in the world diagnosed with an exceptionally rare form of epilepsy.

For the past several years, the severity of her seizures left her home bound.

The 6th grader returned back to school and seizure-free after receiving 16 Miracle Flights to California for treatment.