Cardinal call proves good medicine

Thursday, April 13, 2006

Twelve-year-old Vivian Badillo rested silently in a Cape Girardeau hospital bed, recovering from a fractured skull and blood clot. But the mention of St. Louis Cardinals baseball did what her surgeon couldn't do: Get her talking again.

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