{"id":17730,"date":"2025-08-25T17:43:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T17:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/life-changing-surgery-gives-3-year-old-girl-a-fresh-start-and-bright-smile\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T18:14:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T18:14:12","slug":"life-changing-surgery-gives-3-year-old-girl-a-fresh-start-and-bright-smile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/fr\/life-changing-surgery-gives-3-year-old-girl-a-fresh-start-and-bright-smile\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c0 3 ans, elle rayonne \u00e0 nouveau gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 l\u2019op\u00e9ration qui a transform\u00e9 sa vie"},"content":{"rendered":"<section  class='av_textblock_section av-78movd8-0f31424ac54bcff454b47974bf0885be '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3 style=\"text-align: center\">\u00c0 3 ans, elle rayonne \u00e0 nouveau gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 l\u2019op\u00e9ration qui a transform\u00e9 sa vie<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-mere376e-c68bc020381fb7e68ac93c8ad8566ec7 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_17711\" style=\"width: 1040px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17711\" class=\"wp-image-17711 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SLG250212_MARION_SLG08356_BEFORE_VERANDA_MVP009_HI-MID-1030x686.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1030\" height=\"686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SLG250212_MARION_SLG08356_BEFORE_VERANDA_MVP009_HI-MID-1030x686.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SLG250212_MARION_SLG08356_BEFORE_VERANDA_MVP009_HI-MID-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SLG250212_MARION_SLG08356_BEFORE_VERANDA_MVP009_HI-MID-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SLG250212_MARION_SLG08356_BEFORE_VERANDA_MVP009_HI-MID-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SLG250212_MARION_SLG08356_BEFORE_VERANDA_MVP009_HI-MID-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SLG250212_MARION_SLG08356_BEFORE_VERANDA_MVP009_HI-MID-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SLG250212_MARION_SLG08356_BEFORE_VERANDA_MVP009_HI-MID.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17711\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marion, patiente g\u00e9n\u00e9rale, jouant dans la v\u00e9randa avant son op\u00e9ration.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00c0 trois ans, Marion illumine chaque pi\u00e8ce qu\u2019elle traverse par son sourire, sa joie de vivre et son \u00e9nergie d\u00e9bordante. Pleine de vie et joueuse, c\u2019est le genre d\u2019enfant qui se fait des amis instantan\u00e9ment et distribue des c\u00e2lins chaleureux.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab <em>Marion est une petite fille joueuse, tr\u00e8s sociable. Elle est adorable<\/em> \u00bb, confie la Dre Justina Seyi-Olajide, chirurgienne p\u00e9diatrique b\u00e9n\u00e9vole venue du Nigeria, qui a plus tard r\u00e9alis\u00e9 l\u2019op\u00e9ration qui a transform\u00e9 la vie de Marion.<\/p>\n<p>Marion est n\u00e9e avec une hernie ombilicale, une condition qui s\u2019est aggrav\u00e9e au fil du temps. Elle a perdu sa m\u00e8re alors qu\u2019elle \u00e9tait encore b\u00e9b\u00e9, puis son p\u00e8re est parti peu apr\u00e8s. Sa tante Helen a pris la rel\u00e8ve de son \u00e9ducation, expliquant que \u00ab\u00a0<em>Marion est comme ma propre fille, je veux ce qu\u2019il y a de mieux pour elle <\/em>\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab <em>Marion a ce probl\u00e8me depuis qu\u2019elle est toute petite<\/em> \u00bb, ajoute Adams, l\u2019oncle de Marion, \u00ab\u00a0et <em>la hernie n\u2019a cess\u00e9 de grossir depuis<\/em>.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17713\" style=\"width: 1040px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17713\" class=\"wp-image-17713 size-large\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;font-size: 16px\" src=\"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SLG250214_MARION_SLG08356_AFTER_OLAJIDE_MVP002_HI-MID-1030x686.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1030\" height=\"686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SLG250214_MARION_SLG08356_AFTER_OLAJIDE_MVP002_HI-MID-1030x686.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SLG250214_MARION_SLG08356_AFTER_OLAJIDE_MVP002_HI-MID-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SLG250214_MARION_SLG08356_AFTER_OLAJIDE_MVP002_HI-MID-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SLG250214_MARION_SLG08356_AFTER_OLAJIDE_MVP002_HI-MID-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SLG250214_MARION_SLG08356_AFTER_OLAJIDE_MVP002_HI-MID-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SLG250214_MARION_SLG08356_AFTER_OLAJIDE_MVP002_HI-MID-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SLG250214_MARION_SLG08356_AFTER_OLAJIDE_MVP002_HI-MID.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17713\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Le Dr Justina Seyi-Olajide, chirurgienne p\u00e9diatrique, avec Marion, apr\u00e8s la visite des patients.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>L\u2019espoir et la gu\u00e9rison en vue pour Marion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Helen ignore les d\u00e9marches entreprises par les parents biologiques de Marion pour la faire soigner. Mais m\u00eame s\u2019ils ont essay\u00e9, trouver une aide sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9e aurait \u00e9t\u00e9 extr\u00eamement difficile. La Sierra Leone ne compte qu\u2019un seul chirurgien p\u00e9diatrique, ce qui rend l\u2019acc\u00e8s \u00e0 ce type de soins pratiquement impossible.<\/p>\n<p>Heureusement, gr\u00e2ce aux efforts du gouvernement et de ses partenaires, les choses commencent \u00e0 changer, et le nombre de professionnels de la chirurgie augmente lentement.<\/p>\n<p>Quand Helen a entendu une annonce \u00e0 la radio sur le retour du <em>Global Mercy<\/em>\u2122 en Sierra Leone, une lueur d\u2019espoir est r\u00e9apparue. Elle a imm\u00e9diatement inscrit Marion pour un diagnostic.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c0 bord du navire-h\u00f4pital, les m\u00e9decins ont constat\u00e9 chez Marion une hernie ombilicale proboscid\u00e9e ; c\u2019est une hernie marqu\u00e9e par un exc\u00e8s de peau pro\u00e9minent et saillant, souvent associ\u00e9 \u00e0 un d\u00e9placement vers le bas du nombril. Une op\u00e9ration chirurgicale \u00e9tait n\u00e9cessaire.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-5m6tezw-3f9f5a37f393554d68c8069bb76f5bc8\">\n.flex_column.av-5m6tezw-3f9f5a37f393554d68c8069bb76f5bc8{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-5m6tezw-3f9f5a37f393554d68c8069bb76f5bc8 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-2  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\" id=\"style-css-av-5etp3bg-90baf210de3eed3209fd6fe9bb0915db\">\n.avia-image-container.av-5etp3bg-90baf210de3eed3209fd6fe9bb0915db img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-5etp3bg-90baf210de3eed3209fd6fe9bb0915db .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-5etp3bg-90baf210de3eed3209fd6fe9bb0915db 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itemprop=\"text\" ><p>\u00ab <em>En g\u00e9n\u00e9ral, le nombril se referme naturellement apr\u00e8s la chute du cordon ombilical<\/em> \u00bb, explique la Dre Seyi-Olajide. \u00ab <em>Mais parfois, il ne se referme pas, et il grossit car les intestins continuent \u00e0 s\u2019y loger.<\/em> \u00bb Elle ajoute que certains professionnels pensent que la malnutrition ou la g\u00e9n\u00e9tique pourraient \u00eatre \u00e0 l\u2019origine de cette affection.<\/p>\n<p>Selon Helen, Marion se plaint parfois de douleurs au ventre. \u00ab <em>Elle dit que \u00e7a lui fait mal, mais je ne pense pas que ce soit \u00e0 cause de la hernie<\/em> \u00bb, confie-t-elle.<\/p>\n<p>D\u2019autres enfants, voire des adultes, se moquent parfois de Marion, la rendant tr\u00e8s lucide de sa diff\u00e9rence. Elle cache sa hernie sous ses v\u00eatements, et si elle ressort, elle la remet instinctivement en place.<\/p>\n<p>Cette g\u00eane grandissante, combin\u00e9e aux risques pour sa sant\u00e9, pourrait avoir un impact durable sur son manque de confiance et son bien-\u00eatre \u00e9motionnel. \u00ab <em>Sans cette op\u00e9ration, Marion aurait souffert sur le plan psychologique et social, en termes d\u2019image, et devenir renferm\u00e9e. Elle aurait pu \u00eatre victime d\u2019intimidation ou de discrimination<\/em> \u00bb, explique la Dre Seyi-Olajide.<\/p>\n<p>Elle ajoute que sans chirurgie, la hernie aurait pu devenir irr\u00e9ductible, obstru\u00e9e, couper la circulation sanguine et devenir gangr\u00e9neuse. Dans certains cas, cela peut m\u00eame mettre la vie en danger.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17715\" style=\"width: 1040px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17715\" class=\"wp-image-17715 size-large\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;font-size: 16px\" src=\"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SLG250214_MARION_SLG08356_AFTER_WARD_ROUNDS_OLAJIDE_EMIL_MVP003_HI-MID-1030x686.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1030\" height=\"686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SLG250214_MARION_SLG08356_AFTER_WARD_ROUNDS_OLAJIDE_EMIL_MVP003_HI-MID-1030x686.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SLG250214_MARION_SLG08356_AFTER_WARD_ROUNDS_OLAJIDE_EMIL_MVP003_HI-MID-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SLG250214_MARION_SLG08356_AFTER_WARD_ROUNDS_OLAJIDE_EMIL_MVP003_HI-MID-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SLG250214_MARION_SLG08356_AFTER_WARD_ROUNDS_OLAJIDE_EMIL_MVP003_HI-MID-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SLG250214_MARION_SLG08356_AFTER_WARD_ROUNDS_OLAJIDE_EMIL_MVP003_HI-MID-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SLG250214_MARION_SLG08356_AFTER_WARD_ROUNDS_OLAJIDE_EMIL_MVP003_HI-MID-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SLG250214_MARION_SLG08356_AFTER_WARD_ROUNDS_OLAJIDE_EMIL_MVP003_HI-MID.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Le Dr Justina Seyi-Olajide, chirurgienne p\u00e9diatrique, et le Dr Sherif Emil, directeur m\u00e9dical international, en compagnie de Marion, lors de la visite des patients.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Un nouveau chapitre, une confiance retrouv\u00e9e<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>L\u2019op\u00e9ration de Marion a dur\u00e9 pr\u00e8s de 75 minutes. \u00ab <em>Je dirais que c\u2019est une op\u00e9ration qui transforme une vie<\/em> \u00bb, affirme la Dre Seyi-Olajide. \u00ab <em>Elle est encore trop jeune pour comprendre les questions d\u2019image physique, mais ce probl\u00e8me est d\u00e9sormais derri\u00e8re elle. Et surtout, les risques de complications futures sont d\u00e9sormais \u00e9cart\u00e9s<\/em>. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>D\u00e8s le lendemain de l\u2019op\u00e9ration, Marion avait d\u00e9j\u00e0 retrouv\u00e9 son caract\u00e8re joyeux et espi\u00e8gle. Lorsque Helen est venue la voir sur le navire, elle \u00e9tait submerg\u00e9e par la joie et la gratitude.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab <em>Je l\u2019appelle \u2018ma petite avocate\u2019, car elle s\u2019exprime tr\u00e8s bien<\/em> \u00bb, d\u00e9clare Helen en souriant. \u00ab Mais je la soutiendrai quels que soient ses objectifs de vie. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Cette op\u00e9ration qui a chang\u00e9 une vie a \u00e9t\u00e9 rendue possible gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 l\u2019engagement de b\u00e9n\u00e9voles et \u00e0 la g\u00e9n\u00e9rosit\u00e9 de donateurs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vous aussi, vous pouvez agir : cliquez ici pour commencer d\u00e8s aujourd\u2019hui.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-3gyyedo-d385bab99c330c5d6b41b931a6b19981\">\n.flex_column.av-3gyyedo-d385bab99c330c5d6b41b931a6b19981{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column 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