{"id":14181,"date":"2024-05-20T16:24:26","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T16:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/mechanic-whose-toothache-turned-into-tumor-has-life-changing-surgery-through-charity-mercy-ships\/"},"modified":"2024-05-20T16:27:35","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T16:27:35","slug":"mechanic-whose-toothache-turned-into-tumor-has-life-changing-surgery-through-charity-mercy-ships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/fr\/mechanic-whose-toothache-turned-into-tumor-has-life-changing-surgery-through-charity-mercy-ships\/","title":{"rendered":"Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 l&rsquo;organisation humanitaire Mercy Ships, un m\u00e9canicien dont le mal de dents s&rsquo;est transform\u00e9 en tumeur subit une op\u00e9ration qui lui ouvre les portes d&rsquo;un nouvel avenir"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-hrz530-b4f9b0d54d5cc624fc44d42c7bd3f376\">\n.flex_column.av-hrz530-b4f9b0d54d5cc624fc44d42c7bd3f376{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-hrz530-b4f9b0d54d5cc624fc44d42c7bd3f376 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-48hw6ws-235ef3c14e51a1ea512c8902830e9c4f\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-48hw6ws-235ef3c14e51a1ea512c8902830e9c4f{\nheight:100px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-48hw6ws-235ef3c14e51a1ea512c8902830e9c4f 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-lwf666d0-2a991d9f5ee7d5dd3ebc808bd9eee758 '   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 SCXW54797323 BCX4\" data-ccp-props=\"{\">Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 l&rsquo;organisation humanitaire Mercy Ships, un m\u00e9canicien dont le mal de dents s&rsquo;est transform\u00e9 en tumeur subit une op\u00e9ration qui lui ouvre les portes d&rsquo;un nouvel avenir<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-3s2e1ek-2d3f8fe8c714bda68d6e7357fadff535\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-3s2e1ek-2d3f8fe8c714bda68d6e7357fadff535{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-3s2e1ek-2d3f8fe8c714bda68d6e7357fadff535 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-lwf6713g-690c70e493f0c7e48ba2d845bb01d42c '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Un jeune homme de 21 ans est enchant\u00e9 de son intervention chirurgicale offerte par une organisation humanitaire pour retirer une tumeur qui avait atteint la moiti\u00e9 de la taille de son visage.<\/p>\n<p>Papa, originaire du S\u00e9n\u00e9gal occidental, n&rsquo;\u00e9tait qu&rsquo;un adolescent lorsqu&rsquo;il a remarqu\u00e9 une petite bosse dans sa bouche. Bien que le personnel hospitalier lui ait dit qu&rsquo;il s&rsquo;agissait d&rsquo;un simple mal de dents et qu&rsquo;il gu\u00e9rirait, la tumeur a continu\u00e9 \u00e0 grossir, devenant douloureuse et g\u00eanante pour sa vision.<\/p>\n<p>Cette tumeur grandissante de la mandibule, une excroissance non canc\u00e9reuse provenant du tissu de sa m\u00e2choire, a mis en p\u00e9ril la sant\u00e9 de ce m\u00e9canicien moto prometteur et ses perspectives d&rsquo;avenir professionnel.<\/p>\n<p>Son p\u00e8re, Toure, disait que cette tumeur \u00e9tait vraiment douloureuse et affectait la confiance en soi de son fils.<\/p>\n<p>Il d\u00e9clare : \u00ab\u00a0Il traversait une p\u00e9riode difficile en tant que jeune homme cens\u00e9 profiter de la vie. Voir ses amis d&rsquo;enfance en bonne sant\u00e9 quand on est handicap\u00e9 est tr\u00e8s p\u00e9nible pour un enfant.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-3aoy6f0-8c4e75228cab31e7f48e49aeac638a00\">\n.flex_column.av-3aoy6f0-8c4e75228cab31e7f48e49aeac638a00{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-3aoy6f0-8c4e75228cab31e7f48e49aeac638a00 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-lwf67btf-48dcec712c4d393e3e8cc10dec0d1d1e\">\n.avia-image-container.av-lwf67btf-48dcec712c4d393e3e8cc10dec0d1d1e img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-lwf67btf-48dcec712c4d393e3e8cc10dec0d1d1e .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-lwf67btf-48dcec712c4d393e3e8cc10dec0d1d1e 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-14140 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-14140 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/SND230309_PAPA_SND01277_BEFORE_MECHANIC_EB006_HI-MID-1030x686.jpg\" alt='' title='SND230309_PAPA_SND01277_BEFORE_MECHANIC_EB006_HI-MID'  height=\"686\" width=\"1030\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/SND230309_PAPA_SND01277_BEFORE_MECHANIC_EB006_HI-MID-1030x686.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/SND230309_PAPA_SND01277_BEFORE_MECHANIC_EB006_HI-MID-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/SND230309_PAPA_SND01277_BEFORE_MECHANIC_EB006_HI-MID-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/SND230309_PAPA_SND01277_BEFORE_MECHANIC_EB006_HI-MID-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/SND230309_PAPA_SND01277_BEFORE_MECHANIC_EB006_HI-MID-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/SND230309_PAPA_SND01277_BEFORE_MECHANIC_EB006_HI-MID-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/SND230309_PAPA_SND01277_BEFORE_MECHANIC_EB006_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-3592ke4-3b86a6b200221de09c2728721a2699e5\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-3592ke4-3b86a6b200221de09c2728721a2699e5{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-3592ke4-3b86a6b200221de09c2728721a2699e5 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-lwf6ciro-e583bc5f62a8834ab476cc206dd423f2 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>La famille de Papa a travaill\u00e9 dur afin de r\u00e9unir suffisamment d&rsquo;argent pour financer une op\u00e9ration \u00e0 l&rsquo;h\u00f4pital, c&rsquo;est un v\u00e9ritable d\u00e9fi dans cette r\u00e9gion. Une \u00e9tude r\u00e9alis\u00e9e en 2021 dans quatre pays d&rsquo;Afrique subsaharienne a r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9 que 60 \u00e0 90 % des patients devant subir une intervention chirurgicale seraient ruin\u00e9s s&rsquo;ils allaient jusqu&rsquo;au bout.<\/p>\n<p>Mais alors que l&rsquo;op\u00e9ration \u00e9tait sur le point de commencer, une coupure d&rsquo;\u00e9lectricit\u00e9 est intervenue, ce qui est monnaie courante dans la r\u00e9gion o\u00f9 vivent Papa et sa famille. Cet incident critique a fait na\u00eetre une nouvelle peur chez Papa et craignant que l&rsquo;\u00e9lectricit\u00e9 ne soit \u00e0 nouveau coup\u00e9e, il a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 \u00e0 contrec\u0153ur de reporter l&rsquo;op\u00e9ration.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c0 l&rsquo;\u00e2ge de 21 ans, Papa se battait avec un avenir incertain. Il avait consacr\u00e9 sa vie professionnelle \u00e0 la r\u00e9paration et \u00e0 la remise en \u00e9tat de motos, mais il avait de plus en plus de mal \u00e0 supporter la douleur physique et l&rsquo;inconfort. Il a lutt\u00e9 car il \u00e9tait fier de pouvoir aider ses parents et soutenir ses jeunes fr\u00e8res et s\u0153urs en g\u00e9rant un atelier de r\u00e9paration de motos avec un ami, o\u00f9 il proposait des services essentiels et formait des jeunes qui voulaient apprendre le m\u00e9tier.<\/p>\n<p>Il explique : \u00a0\u00bb Depuis mon enfance, r\u00e9parer des motos a toujours \u00e9t\u00e9 une passion. Ce travail est tr\u00e8s exigeant sur le plan physique ; il est encore plus difficile \u00e0 exercer avec une tumeur.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-14173\" src=\"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/SND230309_PAPA_SND01277_BEFORE_ADMISSION_DOCK_EB001_HI-MID-1030x686.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1030\" height=\"686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/SND230309_PAPA_SND01277_BEFORE_ADMISSION_DOCK_EB001_HI-MID-1030x686.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/SND230309_PAPA_SND01277_BEFORE_ADMISSION_DOCK_EB001_HI-MID-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/SND230309_PAPA_SND01277_BEFORE_ADMISSION_DOCK_EB001_HI-MID-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/SND230309_PAPA_SND01277_BEFORE_ADMISSION_DOCK_EB001_HI-MID-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/SND230309_PAPA_SND01277_BEFORE_ADMISSION_DOCK_EB001_HI-MID-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/SND230309_PAPA_SND01277_BEFORE_ADMISSION_DOCK_EB001_HI-MID-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/SND230309_PAPA_SND01277_BEFORE_ADMISSION_DOCK_EB001_HI-MID.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Puis, en 2022, son ami a lu sur internet que le tout nouveau navire-h\u00f4pital de l&rsquo;organisation humanitaire internationale Mercy Ships, le <em>Global Mercy\u2122<\/em>, arriverait au S\u00e9n\u00e9gal pour fournir des soins chirurgicaux s\u00fbrs et gratuits aux personnes qui en avaient besoin.<\/p>\n<p>Papa s&rsquo;est rendu dans un h\u00f4pital voisin o\u00f9 une \u00e9quipe m\u00e9dicale b\u00e9n\u00e9vole de Mercy Ships effectuait des tests en vue de s\u00e9lectionner les patients aptes \u00e0 une op\u00e9ration.<\/p>\n<p>Les souvenirs de son exp\u00e9rience pr\u00e9c\u00e9dente ont rejailli, le laissant aux prises avec des \u00e9motions contradictoires lorsqu&rsquo;il a \u00e9t\u00e9 accept\u00e9 pour l&rsquo;intervention.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0J&rsquo;avais peur, mais j&rsquo;avais confiance en Dieu\u00a0\u00bb, confie-t-il.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2o2pri4-8c93d267988c11d69992cbff62779626\">\n.flex_column.av-2o2pri4-8c93d267988c11d69992cbff62779626{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-2o2pri4-8c93d267988c11d69992cbff62779626 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-9  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\" 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itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/SND230615_PAPA_SND01277_AFTER_HOMEVISIT_EB007_HI-MID-1030x686.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/SND230615_PAPA_SND01277_AFTER_HOMEVISIT_EB007_HI-MID-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/SND230615_PAPA_SND01277_AFTER_HOMEVISIT_EB007_HI-MID-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/SND230615_PAPA_SND01277_AFTER_HOMEVISIT_EB007_HI-MID-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/SND230615_PAPA_SND01277_AFTER_HOMEVISIT_EB007_HI-MID-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/SND230615_PAPA_SND01277_AFTER_HOMEVISIT_EB007_HI-MID-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/SND230615_PAPA_SND01277_AFTER_HOMEVISIT_EB007_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-2260ufw-74f07eb027200ee17cb7757845e45825\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-2260ufw-74f07eb027200ee17cb7757845e45825{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-2260ufw-74f07eb027200ee17cb7757845e45825 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-11  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-lwf6dovq-b1a5b34afb7f0310f5c66cd567251a0d '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>\u00c0 son r\u00e9veil, Papa a imm\u00e9diatement constat\u00e9 le succ\u00e8s de l&rsquo;op\u00e9ration : sa vision \u00e9tait d\u00e9gag\u00e9e pour la premi\u00e8re fois depuis des ann\u00e9es.<\/p>\n<p>Il raconte : \u00ab\u00a0Quand je me suis r\u00e9veill\u00e9, j&rsquo;ai senti que la tumeur avait disparu parce qu&rsquo;avant, elle m&#8217;emp\u00eachait de voir.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>L&rsquo;op\u00e9ration a consist\u00e9 \u00e0 retirer la partie de la m\u00e2choire o\u00f9 la tumeur se d\u00e9veloppait. Les chirurgiens b\u00e9n\u00e9voles ont ensuite reconstruit sa m\u00e2choire \u00e0 l&rsquo;aide d&rsquo;une plaque m\u00e9tallique.<\/p>\n<p>Papa a pass\u00e9 plusieurs semaines de convalescence dans les services de l&rsquo;h\u00f4pital, se rapprochant des autres patients et des membres de l&rsquo;\u00e9quipage gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 des activit\u00e9s comme l&rsquo;artisanat. \u00ab\u00a0Les infirmi\u00e8res m&rsquo;ont m\u00eame appris \u00e0 fabriquer des bracelets tout seul,\u00a0\u00bb se souvient-il.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Kangethe, un infirmier b\u00e9n\u00e9vole am\u00e9ricain, s&rsquo;est occup\u00e9 de Papa apr\u00e8s l&rsquo;op\u00e9ration. Il a observ\u00e9 qu&rsquo;au fur et \u00e0 mesure de sa gu\u00e9rison physique, la transformation ne se limitait pas \u00e0 la peau.<\/p>\n<p>Il raconte : \u00ab\u00a0Le premier jour apr\u00e8s l&rsquo;op\u00e9ration, il restait calme au lit, n&rsquo;interagissait pas avec les autres, ne parlait pas beaucoup. Mais au fil du temps, il s&rsquo;est montr\u00e9 beaucoup plus communicant et actif. Il semblait beaucoup plus \u00e0 l&rsquo;aise pour parler et partager\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>L&rsquo;ami de Papa a exprim\u00e9 sa gratitude lorsque ce dernier est rentr\u00e9 chez lui, en bonne sant\u00e9 et plein d&rsquo;espoir. Il t\u00e9moigne : \u00ab\u00a0Ce que vous avez fait n&rsquo;est pas seulement b\u00e9n\u00e9fique \u00e0 Papa, mais \u00e0 tout le village. Nous \u00e9tions tous inquiets pour lui. Sa tumeur a disparu et il a retrouv\u00e9 sa sant\u00e9, sa dignit\u00e9 et sa joie de vivre. Vous avez fait cela pour Papa et pour tous.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Son avenir \u00e9tant d\u00e9sormais prometteur, Papa a annonc\u00e9 apr\u00e8s son op\u00e9ration : \u00ab\u00a0Je veux retourner travailler et passer du temps avec mes parents et mes fr\u00e8res et s\u0153urs. Je suis jeune aussi et j&rsquo;aimerais me marier et fonder ma propre famille\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>Les b\u00e9n\u00e9voles ont transform\u00e9 la vie de Papa. 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