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Kim Anderson comforts Micah during a doctor's visit shortly after bringing him to the United States. When they traveled to China to adopt Micah, they found out he had tuberculosis and he had to undergo multiple tests. "It was tough on him," said Kim, especially because of the initial language barrier.
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