“Draft:Francesca Valva”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

This draft includes language that is not encyclopedic, such as the first sentence, "Francesca Valva started life against all odds" and the last, "For Francesca, the time for awareness is now, the time for action is now". Wikipedia is not a medium for advocacy for action. Robert McClenon (talk) 05:27, 12 February 2019 (UTC)}}

Francesca Valva

Francesca (Selvaggio) Valva started life against all odds..^[1] Before she was even born, her odds for being stillborn were 50%^[2], and after birth, her odds for survival topped out at 25%^[3]. As a conjoined twin, Francesca and her twin sister, Emily, beat all odds by leaving the hospital at all. Four days after their birth, on March 6, 1982, the Selvaggio sisters became the youngest conjoined twins successfully separated in the United States and the first at Johns Hopkins^[4]. Francesca and Emily, who were connected at the abdomen and shared a liver, were successfully separated by a team of 22, lead by revered pediatric surgeon^[5]Dr. J. Alex Haller Jr. M.D.^[6]

Francesca left the hospital after about five weeks and her sister Emily joined her about eight months later^[4]. Emily was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy (CP) and spent her life confined to a wheelchair, unable to control muscle function or care for herself, which put her at increased risk for aspiration pneumonia^[7], a condition that eventually killed her in 2013^[8].

As the surviving twin, Francesca dealt with years of guilt, particularly after her sister passed away. Perhaps most painful for Francesca was learning in 2015 that cannabidiol (CBD) has antispasmodic properties^[9]^[10]^[11]. Since learning that fact, Francesca has committed herself to sharing her story — and [https://www.aliascann.com/significannt advocating for CBD awareness]— in the hopes of preventing similar travesties for other families^[9].

On January 31, 2019, Francesca Valva wrote in her personal biography, "Millions of families can benefit from CBD, which may be the most important plant compound to ever be available for conditions ranging from epilepsy to PTSD. To those who say CBD can’t be everything to everyone, I compare CBD’s multitude of benefits to aspirin which is used for everything from pain relief to heart attack prevention."

References

1. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1982/03/08/siamese-twin-girls-separated-at-hopkins/1b2d891e-99b4-40bd-ba00-3d35abbbce4d/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.4ef8eaa0b645|title=Siamese twin Girls Separated at Hopkins|last=|first=|date=March 8, 1982|work=The Washington Post|access-date=February 11, 2019}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjoined_twins|title=Conjoined Twins|last=|first=|date=|website=Wikipedia|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=February 11, 2019}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/conjoined_twins.htm|title=Conjoined twins|website=ScienceDaily|language=en|access-date=2019-02-12}}
4. ^¹{{Cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/11/17/Second-Siamese-twin-leaves-hospital/2131406357200/|title=Second Siamese twin leaves hospital|website=UPI|language=en|access-date=2019-02-12}}
5. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.southwesttimes.com/2018/06/native-son-revered-surgeon-dies/|title=Native son, revered surgeon dies {{!}} The Southwest Times|access-date=2019-02-12}}
6. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/newsroom/news-releases/alex-haller-founder-of-pediatric-surgery-at-johns-hopkins-pioneer-of-pediatric-trauma-care-dies-at-91|title=Alex Haller, Founder of Pediatric Surgery at Johns Hopkins, Pioneer of Pediatric Trauma Care, Dies At 91|date=2018-06-18|website=Johns Hopkins Medicine Newsroom|language=en|access-date=2019-02-12}}
7. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.cerebralpalsy.org/information/respiratory-health|title=Respiratory Health|website=cerebralpalsy.org|language=en|access-date=2019-02-12}}
8. ^{{Cite web|url=https://emilyselvaggio.wordpress.com|title=A Farewell To the Most Amazing Person I’ve Known|last=Valva|first=Francesca|date=October 29, 2013|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=February 11, 2019}}
9. ^¹{{Cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/becoming-francesca-cann-francesca-vavala/|title=Becoming Francesca Cann|last=Vavala|first=Francesca|date=August 15, 2018|website=LinkedIn|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=February 11, 2019}}
10. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.cerebralpalsyguidance.com/cerebral-palsy/treatment/medical-marijuana/|title=Cerebral Palsy and Medical Marijuana|last=|first=|date=|website=www.cerebralpalsyguidance.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=February 11, 2019}}
11. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.fda.gov/newsevents/newsroom/pressannouncements/ucm611046.htm|title=FDA approves first drug comprised of an active ingredient derived from marijuana to treat rare, severe forms of epilepsy|last=|first=|date=|website=www.fda.gov|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=February 11, 2019}}
12. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.aliascann.com/significannt|title=Alias Cann {{!}} #Significannt|website=Alias Cann {{!}} Cannabis Sales & Marketing|language=en|access-date=2019-02-12}}