Breast cancer. No one ever wants to hear that diagnosis, but the words are even more shocking when you hear them at the young age of 26.
Ana, who lives in Argentina, is a resilient and perseverant young woman. It would take more than a cancer diagnosis to keep her from living – and from smiling! While Ana’s finances were on the meager side, God provided a way for her to have her tumor surgically removed.
But with her limited means, the possibility of Ana having reconstructive surgery after that, however, was simply out of reach – or so she thought. God worked out the details as only He can, and Ana was connected with a medical mission team that was visiting Argentina to perform plastic surgeries – free of charge!
Ana was approved as a surgical case with Mission Plasticos, a MAP partner who received donated supplies like sutures to support their mission. She was going to get her reconstructive surgery after all!
Dr. Steve Ciancio and his team immediately fell in love with this vivacious, joyful young woman. “She was always smiling…her enthusiasm for recovery and how grateful she was after the reconstruction made all the surgical team feel very attached to her,” said Dr. Ciancio. “Being faced [with] this hard disease at that young age and how she faced her recovery journey…was touching.”
Because Dr. Ciancio and his team had access to surgical sutures and other medical supplies from MAP, they were able to restore Ana’s body and her confidence, and keep her smiling for years to come.
