European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 17, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes . Sunday july 17,1994 child becomes girl in rare St. Paul Minn. Apr a woman who arrived from Moscow last month with her 1-year-old son will return with a daughter after doctors corrected a rare genetic  Mogil Niya became Masha during a five hour operation that turned the child with the genitals of. Both sexes into a girl. Before the july 1 operation at St. Paul Ramsey medical Center the child had been raised As a boy. A we done to know what causes the genetic defect a a said or. Yuri Reinberg chief of paediatric urology at the University of Minnesota also on staff at St. Paul Ramsey. A maybe god gets  the condition is mixed gonadal Dys genesis a form of hermaphroditism. It is a rare condition. When the child was. Born doctors  Tell Svetlana Mogil Niya whether her baby was a boy or a girl a usually be of the first things parents want to know. Moscow doctors later performed antiquated tests and proclaimed the infant a boy so his parents named him Misha a form of Michael. Doctors in Moscow also said the Only improvements they could make would be to do minor urinary tract surgery when the child turned 10. The family meanwhile was so distraught Over the infants condition that the child a grandmother Regina Ushakova considered committing suicide with the baby. A we live in a tall building a she said. A if the operation Hadnot taken place i would have taken the child to the 25th floor and jumped  the baby a future brightened markedly after its maternal Grandfather Michael Ushakov sought help from a Northwest airlines official working on a project with him in Moscow. Northwest is based in the St. Paul suburb of Eagan. The airline employee Jeff bal Dan of apply Valley called several medical institutions until he found Reinberg not Only an accomplished paediatric Svetlana Mogil Niya of Moscow holds her 1-Ycar-old daughter Masha who was bom with both male and female genitals. Urologist but born and reared in Russia. Reinberg agreed to perform the surgery for free and St. Paul Ramsey provided the operating room and Hospital care at no Cost. Northwest donated air fare for the family and Jeff and Ann Belden opened their Home to them. In january Reinberg visited Moscow to examine the child. Tests showed that the child had both male and female chromosomes. After consulting with colleagues Reinberg decided the child should be a girl because the operation is less complicated. Lost scout 14, wilds red tape Albuquerque . Apr a 14-Ycar-old boy scout lost in the wilderness for three Days was rescued. Friday by an air Force helicopter a Day after the for Cost service refused to allow a state police helicopter to get him. Robert Graham ii survived on water and Ginger snaps in his tent in the saute be National Forest. He disappeared tuesday afternoon after the 12 scouts on the trip were allowed to go exploring by themselves. A state police helicopter spotted the boy thursday but Forest service officials  allow it to land because they did no to consider him to be in danger. They also believed ground rescuers were Only 45 minutes away from rescuing hint. The Forest service ground team however never found the boy and he was forced to spend a third night in the wilderness alone. A the problem in a nutshell is the definition of life or death a a a said Rescue coordinator Rick Goodman a Volunteer under the auspices of state  they the Forest service did not consider this a life or death matter and unless its life or death they Are not allowed to land mechanized equipment of any kind in a wilderness area. A today they changed their mind and decided it was life or death and allowed us to go in and do what we had to do a Goodman said. On Friday the air Force picked up the youngster near Truchas Peak about 25 Miles Northeast of Santa be. The air Force had been called in by state police. Authorities said the boy was unharmed. A the told me he Wasny to scared a said the boys father Robert Grahamsr. A the did what he had been trained to do in scouting. He Felt pretty  the younger Graham belongs to troop 42 in Lake Bluff 111. A state police and Forest service officials planned to meet this week to discuss their disagreements Over the Rescue youre Gonzago crazy   Cool creamy Vanilla ice Cream. Look for cashew Caramel. Craze  Irva 1/2 i. -1-, .1. I ,i.�?~% be shop Pette a if Quant Iti Eslait  a t so 3 -4 to. A 4 a _ a of a a a r a a i army amp air Force Exchange service