Sheltered under the roof of the main entrance of a building, which is familiar to her, Ruth Estefani protected herself from a heavy rain with a southerly wind while waiting for her turn. This 13-year-old teenager came to Cerniquem for the first time (Rehabilitation Center for Burned Children) in companyto his mom. After being shortlisted, and at just three years old, she underwent her first cleft lip and palate operation at no cost.
Thanks to the work of 10 volunteer doctors from the Interplast Foundation in Germany, he has undergone five reconstruction operations until 2019.
The last one was when I was 10 years old. This weekend she was the 13th patient to be operated on, this time in the operating room set up in Cerniquem given the restrictions due to the current covid-19 pandemic.
After a day of hospitalization, he returned home. “I am happy and excited, grateful to God for this new opportunity and to the doctors because they were able to come,” says this lover of soccer, a sport that she practices at her school and in her spare time. He knows that with the necessary care for his recovery soon you will be back to your normal routine. You should only take care of the sun and not make sudden movements for a week.
Little Brithanny Sofia was born with syndactyly (the joining of two or more fingers through the skin) on both hands. Her mother, Clara Rojas, saw a post on Facebook and filled out the pre-selection form with faith and devotion in search of the first operation for her 6-year-old daughter. They both came for the obligatory medical consultation from Montero. after review doctor, they gave her the good news and she was one of the minors operated on at the beginning of the tenth version of the “Sowing Dreams” campaign.
Tomorrow (Tuesday) Carmen Gloria Andrade, 41, will be operated on for the second time for an abdominal hernia. Visibly in severe pain, she waited for her turn in the company of her husband. They live in Montero. She already had a previous surgery 7 years ago, he has followed different treatments but the painr does not yield. On the contrary, he feels that it increases and the remedies take time to take effect. “I am happy for this opportunity for all of us who need care,” she said.
On Thursday the 17th it will be the turn of María Nazaret, 2 years old. She has syndactyly. She is the youngest of three sisters and the only one with this genetic disorder in both of her hands and one of her feet. She lives with her family in the La Chacarilla neighborhood, her mother, Johana Barrientos, reports that she is a girl with a development completely normal, walks without any problem, manipulates his toys and cutlery to feed himself.
All of them are a clear example that teamwork pays off.
