These stories are taken from the Mercy Ships website, where you can see more stories and pictures of patients.
When the ship "Mercy Africa" comes in to an African port, people are waiting. Many have made a tremendous effort to come, because it's often their only chance for a cure. Patients are chosen for a procedure if the doctors believe it can help.
This is Edith. She was twelve when she had this surgery, wholly successful. Her mother Valerie also had successful surgery to remove an 8-lb. tumor on her face.
Baby Elizabeth was born with a cleft palate. Because she had trouble nursing, she was close to starvation. A routine surgery changed the child's life (below).
(cont'd tomorrow)
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