{"id":13335,"date":"2024-02-19T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/?p=13335"},"modified":"2024-02-16T16:47:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T16:47:25","slug":"finding-new-freedom-unlocking-ramatulais-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/fr\/finding-new-freedom-unlocking-ramatulais-voice\/","title":{"rendered":"La \u00ab\u00a0voix\u00a0\u00bb de la libert\u00e9 retrouv\u00e9e pour Ramatulai"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-5gdygld-ab9f60c1bc5e3cc1c7aaf58db7d0f1b6\">\n.flex_column.av-5gdygld-ab9f60c1bc5e3cc1c7aaf58db7d0f1b6{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-5gdygld-ab9f60c1bc5e3cc1c7aaf58db7d0f1b6 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-4ow3681-7a00956ad75504b20ea6b82e35e07cd0\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-4ow3681-7a00956ad75504b20ea6b82e35e07cd0{\nheight:100px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-4ow3681-7a00956ad75504b20ea6b82e35e07cd0 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  av-small-hide av-mini-hide'><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lsouxn9h-9c8184f403e826a80f6e02857a0dbf78 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center\"><span class=\"EOP SCXW242373567 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0La \u00ab\u00a0voix\u00a0\u00bb de la libert\u00e9 retrouv\u00e9e pour Ramatulai<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-4dnl9tt-1cacaacc8e0dbccf6aa5ab14aaa6b56c\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-4dnl9tt-1cacaacc8e0dbccf6aa5ab14aaa6b56c{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-4dnl9tt-1cacaacc8e0dbccf6aa5ab14aaa6b56c hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p><\/div><section  class='av_textblock_section av-lsouy28e-97c47639e574b3e185198cd1bbe19fe5 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Pendant les 20 derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es, la voix de Ramatulai \u00e9tait enferm\u00e9e \u00e0 l&rsquo;int\u00e9rieur, car elle ne pouvait pas ouvrir la bouche.<\/p>\n<p>Cette maladie rare, l&rsquo;ankylose de l&rsquo;articulation temporo-mandibulaire (ATM), a affect\u00e9 Ramatulai d\u00e8s sa petite enfance, lorsqu&rsquo;elle a subi un traumatisme \u00e0 la m\u00e2choire alors qu&rsquo;elle \u00e9tait nouveau-n\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0Elle ne pouvait pas b\u00e2iller, elle ne pouvait pas crier, elle ne pouvait pas m\u00e2cher\u00a0\u00bb, explique le Dr Leo Cheng, le chirurgien maxillo-facial b\u00e9n\u00e9vole de Mercy Ships qui a fini par lib\u00e9rer la m\u00e2choire de Ramatulai gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 une intervention chirurgicale sur le<em> Global Mercy\u2122<\/em> en Sierra Leone. En raison de l&rsquo;ankylose des articulations de sa m\u00e2choire d\u00e8s son plus jeune \u00e2ge, la croissance de sa m\u00e2choire inf\u00e9rieure a \u00e9t\u00e9 retard\u00e9e, entra\u00eenant une supraclusion s\u00e9v\u00e8re qui s&rsquo;\u00e9tait aggrav\u00e9e avec le temps.<\/p>\n<p>Non seulement cette maladie a pos\u00e9 des probl\u00e8mes physiques \u00e0 Ramatulai, mais la jeune fille se sentait isol\u00e9e et rejet\u00e9e \u00e0 cause de sa diff\u00e9rence.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-3uzevup-8eef84d75352a869c0ecfbf3b745642a\">\n.flex_column.av-3uzevup-8eef84d75352a869c0ecfbf3b745642a{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-3uzevup-8eef84d75352a869c0ecfbf3b745642a av_one_full  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_hr  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lsov2rc8-ec9208dea671b3e4460797e01059513d\">\n.avia-image-container.av-lsov2rc8-ec9208dea671b3e4460797e01059513d img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-lsov2rc8-ec9208dea671b3e4460797e01059513d .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-lsov2rc8-ec9208dea671b3e4460797e01059513d av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-6  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-13315 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-13315 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/SLF231114_RAMATULAI_SLF08274_BEFORE_DOCK_TT001_HI-MID-1030x686.jpg\" alt='' title='SLF231114_RAMATULAI_SLF08274_BEFORE_DOCK_TT001_HI-MID'  height=\"686\" width=\"1030\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/SLF231114_RAMATULAI_SLF08274_BEFORE_DOCK_TT001_HI-MID-1030x686.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/SLF231114_RAMATULAI_SLF08274_BEFORE_DOCK_TT001_HI-MID-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/SLF231114_RAMATULAI_SLF08274_BEFORE_DOCK_TT001_HI-MID-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/SLF231114_RAMATULAI_SLF08274_BEFORE_DOCK_TT001_HI-MID-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/SLF231114_RAMATULAI_SLF08274_BEFORE_DOCK_TT001_HI-MID-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/SLF231114_RAMATULAI_SLF08274_BEFORE_DOCK_TT001_HI-MID-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/SLF231114_RAMATULAI_SLF08274_BEFORE_DOCK_TT001_HI-MID.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-3dp0c1t-f375d2f3f5cd6632d278d593c5c01e67\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-3dp0c1t-f375d2f3f5cd6632d278d593c5c01e67{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-3dp0c1t-f375d2f3f5cd6632d278d593c5c01e67 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lsouzrqn-14418825f8adf2e002c35ddac3055dbe '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong><em>Retour en arri\u00e8re<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>D\u00e8s qu&rsquo;elle a constat\u00e9 que sa fille ne pouvait pas ouvrir correctement la m\u00e2choire, Haja, sa m\u00e8re, a cherch\u00e9 des solutions pour faire soigner son b\u00e9b\u00e9. Mais la m\u00e9decine n&rsquo;a pas pu la gu\u00e9rir, et la situation s&rsquo;est aggrav\u00e9e au fur et \u00e0 mesure que Ramatulai grandissait.<\/p>\n<p>Ramatulai s&rsquo;\u00e9tait r\u00e9sign\u00e9e \u00e0 lutter pour le reste de sa vie. Sa m\u00e8re explique : \u00ab\u00a0M\u00eame pour manger, elle ne pouvait pas ouvrir la bouche. Et lorsqu&rsquo;elle se lavait les dents, la brosse \u00e0 dents n&rsquo;arrivait pas \u00e0 p\u00e9n\u00e9trer dans sa bouche.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Ramatulai disait que manger et \u00e9lever la voix \u00e9taient les activit\u00e9s les plus douloureuses physiquement. Pour manger, elle cassait les aliments en petits morceaux, puis les posait dans l&rsquo;espace situ\u00e9 derri\u00e8re ses dents de devant, en raison de la supraclusion qu&rsquo;elle avait d\u00e9velopp\u00e9e. Elle utilisait ensuite son doigt pour pousser la nourriture dans sa gorge. Chaque bouch\u00e9e demandait un effort consid\u00e9rable. Ramatulai \u00e9tait d\u00e9sesp\u00e9r\u00e9e, et mal nourrie de surcroit.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0En g\u00e9n\u00e9ral, je perdais espoir lorsque je pensais \u00e0 mon \u00e9tat\u00a0\u00bb, dit-elle. \u00ab\u00a0Il m&rsquo;arrivait d&rsquo;avoir honte devant les autres\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-13316\" src=\"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/SLF231115_RAMATULAI_SLF08274_BEFORE_TT001_HI-MID-1030x686.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1030\" height=\"686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/SLF231115_RAMATULAI_SLF08274_BEFORE_TT001_HI-MID-1030x686.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/SLF231115_RAMATULAI_SLF08274_BEFORE_TT001_HI-MID-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/SLF231115_RAMATULAI_SLF08274_BEFORE_TT001_HI-MID-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/SLF231115_RAMATULAI_SLF08274_BEFORE_TT001_HI-MID-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/SLF231115_RAMATULAI_SLF08274_BEFORE_TT001_HI-MID-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/SLF231115_RAMATULAI_SLF08274_BEFORE_TT001_HI-MID-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/SLF231115_RAMATULAI_SLF08274_BEFORE_TT001_HI-MID.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Une lueur d&rsquo;espoir<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>En 2023, Mercy Ships est retourn\u00e9 en Sierra Leone pour sa sixi\u00e8me mission en 30 ans. C&rsquo;est l\u00e0 que la premi\u00e8re lueur d&rsquo;espoir est apparue pour Ramatulai &#8211; elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 accueillie \u00e0 bord<\/p>\n<p>pour une chirurgie maxillo-faciale destin\u00e9e \u00e0 r\u00e9parer sa m\u00e2choire. \u00ab\u00a0J&rsquo;\u00e9tais tr\u00e8s heureuse et combl\u00e9e\u00a0\u00bb, d\u00e9clare-t-elle. \u00ab\u00a0Je sais que je serai belle apr\u00e8s l&rsquo;op\u00e9ration.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Non seulement Ramatulai avait vu des photos d&rsquo;autres patients trait\u00e9s par Mercy Ships, mais elle connaissait aussi personnellement une femme qui s&rsquo;\u00e9tait remise de la m\u00eame maladie qu&rsquo;elle. \u00ab\u00a0Nous avons vu tant de personnes dont les op\u00e9rations ont \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9alis\u00e9es avec succ\u00e8s par Mercy Ships\u00a0\u00bb, dit-elle.<\/p>\n<p>Maintenant, c&rsquo;\u00e9tait au tour de Ramatulai de devenir l&rsquo;une d&rsquo;elles.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0Cette op\u00e9ration n&rsquo;est pas seulement une op\u00e9ration de transformation\u00a0\u00bb, explique le Dr Cheng. \u00ab\u00a0Elle peut sauver des vies\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>Les voies respiratoires de Ramatulai commen\u00e7aient \u00e0 s&rsquo;obstruer car elle ne pouvait pas ouvrir la bouche, elle rencontrait donc des difficult\u00e9s pour respirer et les risques d&rsquo;\u00e9touffement \u00e9taient possibles. \u00ab\u00a0Il y a beaucoup de cons\u00e9quences auxquelles on ne pense pas \u00bb, t\u00e9moigne le Dr Cheng \u00e0 propos des risques d\u2019infection et de sant\u00e9 auxquels sont confront\u00e9s les patients atteints d\u2019ankylose de l\u2019articulation temporo-mandibulaire. \u00ab Parce qu\u2019ils ne peuvent pas ouvrir la bouche, ces patients ne gardent pas leurs dents propres et une dentition saine \u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>Le Dr Cheng \u00e9tait tr\u00e8s impatient d\u2019entendre Ramatulai parler avec assurance et m\u00eame chanter ! Ses transformations ont \u00e9t\u00e9 profondes, mais le plus frappant apr\u00e8s les six heures d\u2019op\u00e9ration, \u00e9tait son nouveau visage, arrondi par un menton bien rempli.<\/p>\n<p>Chez lui, au Royaume-Uni, le Dr Cheng proc\u00e8de \u00e0 des greffes de c\u00f4tes lorsqu\u2019il op\u00e8re une ankylose, car ses patients sont des enfants et ont donc besoin de greffes qui peuvent grandir avec eux. Dans le cas de Ramatulai, il a emprunt\u00e9 du muscle et du fascia du c\u00f4t\u00e9 droit de sa t\u00eate, en utilisant une m\u00e9thode d\u00e9velopp\u00e9e par le chirurgien-chef de Mercy Ships, le Dr Gary Parker, pour traiter les adultes atteints d\u2019ankylose dans les pays \u00e0 faibles ressources.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-34bdew1-6eecf376e408181eb0e6c58e8838cfc2\">\n.flex_column.av-34bdew1-6eecf376e408181eb0e6c58e8838cfc2{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-34bdew1-6eecf376e408181eb0e6c58e8838cfc2 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_one_half  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" 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768w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/SLF231207_RAMATULAI_SLF08274_AFTER_DISCHARGE_TT003_HI-MID-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/SLF231207_RAMATULAI_SLF08274_AFTER_DISCHARGE_TT003_HI-MID-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/SLF231207_RAMATULAI_SLF08274_AFTER_DISCHARGE_TT003_HI-MID-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/SLF231207_RAMATULAI_SLF08274_AFTER_DISCHARGE_TT003_HI-MID.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-202y2e9-e26f82344bb676cfc924c363d433bd1f\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-202y2e9-e26f82344bb676cfc924c363d433bd1f{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-202y2e9-e26f82344bb676cfc924c363d433bd1f hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-13  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lsov1yjd-42c5d3a0b8d64dc86197bc81393d2c9f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Un retour surprise \u00e0 la maison<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ramatulai a rapidement gu\u00e9ri de son op\u00e9ration. Elle est maintenant une jeune femme belle et p\u00e9tillante dont personne ne pourrait deviner qu\u2019elle a lutt\u00e9 pendant des d\u00e9cennies contre des fonctions vitales essentielles.<\/p>\n<p>Amanda Harris, infirmi\u00e8re am\u00e9ricaine b\u00e9n\u00e9vole au sein de l\u2019h\u00f4pital, s\u2019est occup\u00e9e de Ramatulai pendant toute la dur\u00e9e de son s\u00e9jour \u00e0 bord, et l\u2019a m\u00eame ramen\u00e9e chez elle une fois gu\u00e9rie. Amanda a expliqu\u00e9 la transformation de Ramatulai : \u00ab Apr\u00e8s son op\u00e9ration, elle \u00e9tait diff\u00e9rente. Elle a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 nous parler de sa famille et \u00e0 danser dans les salles de l\u2019h\u00f4pital, c\u2019\u00e9tait vraiment touchant. Elle a beaucoup d&rsquo;amour \u00e0 donner\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>Partie du <em>Global Mercy<\/em> seulement trois semaines apr\u00e8s l&rsquo;op\u00e9ration qui a transform\u00e9 sa vie, Ramatulai a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de faire une surprise \u00e0 sa famille en rentrant chez elle sans pr\u00e9venir. \u00ab\u00a0Je me souviens du visage de sa m\u00e8re. Choqu\u00e9e, elle essayait de comprendre ce qui se passait\u00a0\u00bb, raconte Amanda. \u00ab\u00a0Elle \u00e9tait boulevers\u00e9e, et en serrant Ramatulai dans ses bras, elle a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 pleurer et \u00e0 sourire en m\u00eame temps ; elle \u00e9tait si reconnaissante.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Apr\u00e8s 20 ans, Ramatulai a retrouv\u00e9 la \u00ab\u00a0voix\u00a0\u00bb de la libert\u00e9 pour la premi\u00e8re fois, et sa famille peut partager sa joie !<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-1pw96wx-54d7534ed77823901ba5d8b6c339b4b6 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-15  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-13335'><div 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