- Age1
- Conditioncleft lip
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Kaoussar's Story
“When Kaoussar was born with a deformity, I didn’t panic,” said Kaoussar’s mother, Amina.
“God let it happen, so He would help us find a way to fix it.” Kaoussar is the youngest of eight and the only one of Amina’s children b… Read more
“When Kaoussar was born with a deformity, I didn’t panic,” said Kaoussar’s mother, Amina.
“God let it happen, so He would help us find a way to fix it.” Kaoussar is the youngest of eight and the only one of Amina’s children born with a cleft lip. People make fun of her baby, but Amina remains composed. “I love my daughter like all my other kids,” she says. “I don’t worry about what people say.”
Kaoussar’s older siblings are all in school, university, or have graduated—two of whom are already married. To attain such a level of education here in Niger is rare, especially for girls. It is definitely a treasure to be born into a family like Kaossar’s. And even though Kaoussar was born different, Amina has the same plans for her like the rest of her children. But with a cleft lip and a cleft palate, Amina thought Kaoussar would suffer ridicule and live with a debilitating speech impediment for most of her life. It would be difficult for Kaoussar to get an education, even with the support of her family.
However, Amina trusted and knew that Kaoussar’s condition could be corrected. “When I gave birth and the doctors saw her cleft lip and palate, they told me about CURE Niger right away,” she says. About a year later, Kaoussar is here, old enough to undergo surgery. First, our team will sew her cleft lip together, and, once it’s healed enough, they’ll perform the second surgery to repair her palate. Within a few months, Kaoussar should be growing up with the same opportunities as her older siblings.
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Kaoussar is just kind of hanging out while her surgeon, Dr. Issa, talks with her mom. From this picture can you tell that just a few weeks ago she had a cleft-lip? It's amazing how quickly babies heal from this surgery, and with a good report from Dr. Issa it looks like soon she'll be done with treatment here!
Kaoussar was all smiles with Leonie this morning ... that is until the nurse started cleaning Kaoussar's surgery wound. The cleaning doesn't really hurt, but Kaoussar is like any other baby and doesn't like to be poked and prodded by strangers. Fortunately Kaoussar's mom was by her side, patting her stomach and keeping her baby girl as calm as possible. This girl's lip is looking good and pretty soon she won't have to endure these wound cleanings anymore!
It's amazing how quickly Kaoussar calmed down after her wound cleaning this morning! The whole process was probably more frightening than painful, but all the same Kaoussar did not enjoy having her lip and nose cleaned by a q-tip. Thankfully, Amina was holding her the whole time, letting her baby girl know she was safe and protected. Afterwards, Amina held Kaoussar up to admire her cute little face.
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