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Anthrax Victim Dances As He Awaits Release

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 7:41:46 PM
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM

New York City drum maker and dancer Vado Diomande discusses how he had trouble breathing following his infection with inhalation anthrax and his subsequent recovery, during a news conference at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, Pa., on Wednesday afternoon, March 22, 2006. Diomande collapsed following a dance performance at Mansfield University on Feb. 16, 2006. According to doctors, Diomande is expected to be released soon. He lost 45 to 50 pounds during his illness. (AP Photo/Miles B. Norman)SAYRE, Pa. (AP) - A dancer and drum maker who became infected with anthrax danced for reporters Wednesday in a hospital auditorium, showing off his remarkable recovery from a rare and usually fatal form of the disease.

Vado Diomande, a 44-year-old New York City resident, collapsed more than a month ago during a dance performance in Pennsylvania. Health officials believe he may have inhaled anthrax spores from the African animal hides he uses to make drums.

"I just want to say thank you to my doctors; they do very good job," Diomande, a native of the Ivory Coast, said at a news conference, choking back tears. "If not for them, maybe I'm not here today."


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