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[Bears] Bears CB Charles Tillman Tillman Reveals Daughter's Illness - GridironFans.com

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:48:28 +1900

Tillman has missed assorted training camp practices and offseason workouts, and revealed Friday at Children's Memorial Hospital that the reason for his absences was the plight of his infant daughter, Tiana. She had a form of cardiomyopathy in May, which eventually required a heart transplant. On ...

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Daughter's illness weighs on Tillman -- ChicagoSports.com

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:20:20 +1900

Veteran to discuss infant's serious medical issue By Vaughn McClure | Tribune staff reporter 11:34 PM CDT, August 28, 2008 CLEVELAND - Bears cornerback Charles Tillman will have a 1:30 p.m. news conference Friday at the Children's Memorial Hospital to address a serious medical issue involving his infant daughter. Coach Lovie Smith and physicians from the hospital will accompany Tillman, who ...

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Tillman recounts ordeal leading to heart transplant

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 06:25:36 +1900

Carol Slezak: When Bears cornerback Charles Tillman first learned that his 3-month old-daughter, Tiana, suffered from a heart condition called cardiomyopathy, a transplant was the furthest thing from his mind. ''At that point in time, I didn't know what it was,'' he said. ''I said, 'OK, we'll give her some [cough syrup], and it will be OK.' I didn't think it was something serious.''

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Waiting for daughter's heart transplant excruciating for Bears' Charles Tillman -

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:50:54 +1900

Just in case, Elfriede Pahl, the hospital's medical director, offered to write a note for Tillman to make sure his absence was excused. It read, "Charles couldn't be at work today. His daughter needs a heart transplant." Tillman missed a handful of practices, but even the ones he attended challenged his focus. "Occasionally, at times, yeah, I would just ponder what I would have to do, what ...

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Bears' cornerback Tillman details daughter's heart transplant surgery

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:26:00 +1900

Infant called 1st Illinois child helped by experimental Berlin Heart > Tears came to the eyes of Bears cornerback Charles Tillman Friday at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago as he spoke about three excruciating months watching his infant daughter, Tiana, struggle for life.

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