13-year-old Saudi girl ate chocolate cake after a lifetime on a liquid diet

Mumbai: A 13-year-old Obhod Abdoahmed Al-Daheri a resident of Makkah who spend her life on a liquid diet finally ate chocolate cake.

She used to dream of eating chocolate and her dream came true last week. She was suffering from esophageal leiomyomatosis, which is a benign tumour in the food-pipe which prevented her from eating anything. She had undergone surgery to remove the tumour at the Asian Institute of Oncology in Mumbai.

Earlier, the family of the girl checked hospitals of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Yemen and Egypt for the cure. It is learnt that when family lost all hope, one of family friend said about the Asian Institute of Oncology. After the operation she first ate a chocolate cake and said that she will always remember India.