Grace

Grace
A recently installed CT Scanner onboard the Africa Mercy is providing improved free scans for surgery patients in Pointe Noire, Republic of the Congo. One patient who benefitted was a spirited 17-year-old named Grace. Her facial tumor had been growing for nine years, but she had no access to healthcare treatment to remove it prior to visiting the Africa Mercy. The new CT Scanner provided critically needed scans that enabled her surgeon to successfully remove the huge facial tumor.

Grace on Screening Day

Grace in the hospital waiting for her surgery

Grace getting her CT Scan

The tumor that Grace carried for nine years is gone. Even under bandages, the change is drastic. We told her about the overwhelming support her photo had received from thousands of Mercy Ships supporters around the world – she and her mother could not believe it. As one crewmember said, “Grace is the most popular 17-year-old we know.” And for good reason – she’s incredible. 

Look who’s up and beating the nurses at UNO!


Soon Grace was on her feet and feeling much better, thanks to all of your prayers. Soon she was healthy enough to leave the hospital on the Africa Mercy and has move to our Hospital OutPatient Extension (HOPE) Center. Here Grace and other patients will continue to recover until they are well enough to return home or come back for their next stage of surgery

On her way to the HOPE Center

Grace at the HOPE Center