photo by Cathleen AllisonChristina Ortega, 7 months, left, and Dakota Pacheco, 8 months, play on Monday afternoon in North Casrson. Both boys had surgery to correct a craniosynostosis, a premature closure of the skull bones.

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Two Carson City babies operated on for rare disorder

• By ncs-import
• July 31, 2001