'They called her a monster': Four-year-old girl with a rare facial hernia is flown to Australia to を受ける life-changing 外科?

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When Angel was born, her mother Cypres Salon, from the Philippines, was 関心d when she didn't hear her daughter cry.

But it wasn't until she saw her baby for the first time five days later, that she realised the severity of the 状況／情勢.?

Little Angel had been 急ぐd to another hospital for 治療 after 存在 born with encephalocele, a rare brain hernia.

The hernia, which is more ありふれた in children from South-East Asia than どこかよそで, is 原因（となる）d when the skull and tissue surrounding the brain doesn't 完全に の近くに up in the womb.?

Angel, four, from the Philippines, was 急ぐd to another hospital for 治療 すぐに after 存在 born after 存在 診断するd with encephalocele, a rare brain hernia

Angel had 外科 at just four months after her parents raised $5,500 for 外科 in the Philippines, but にもかかわらず it helping to stop her 'brain 流出／こぼすing into the hernia,' it was still covering most of her left 注目する，もくろむ.

The hernia made it hard for Angel to live a 正規の／正選手 life and 妨げるd her from 存在 able to sleep, breathe and play like other kids her age - Angel often?having to 解除する the lump up or move it so she could see.

Angel was also labelled a 'monster' by her peers but when a four-year-old boy approached her and said it to her 直面する, the 楽観的な little girl 簡単に 'patted him on the shoulder and said "Hi".'

The hernia made it hard for Angel to live a 正規の／正選手 life and 妨げるd her from 存在 able to sleep, breathe and play like other kids her age - Angel often having to 解除する the lump up or move it so she could see

'I was so amazed by her 返答,' Ms Salon told The Age, 追加するing that Angel knew children were 脅すd of her.

'I was so proud of her.'

After struggling to raise another $8,000 for Angel's hernia to be 除去するd 完全に, Ms Salon and her husband Dale were referred to the Children First 創立／基礎 - a 非，不，無-利益（をあげる） that 目的（とする）s to 'transform the lives of children by giving hope, exceptional care and pathways to a brighter 未来.'

Ms Salon was referred to the 創立／基礎 by Interplast, a group of Australian and New Zealand volunteer 外科医s, nurses and 連合した therapists who 供給する 解放する／自由な surgical 治療 and 医療の training to people in 発展途上国s in the Asia 太平洋の 地域.

'Her [Angel's] parents first 接触するd us in 2014, and she was seen by an Interplast team later that year,' the organisation wrote on Facebook.

The Children First 創立／基礎 flew Angel (pictured after the 操作／手術) and her father to Australia for 外科 and the craniofacial 部隊 at the Adelaide Women's and Children's Hospital 成し遂げるd the 手続き in September?

'They recommended that she be brought to Australia for more コンビナート／複合体 外科, and we referred her to our friends at?Children First.

'Organisations such as Interplast and Children First are changing 未来s for children such as Angel, who is now happy and home with her family.'

The Children First 創立／基礎 flew Angel and her father to Australia for 外科 and the craniofacial 部隊 at the Adelaide Women's and Children's Hospital 成し遂げるd the 手続き in September.

< font style="font-size: 1.2em">The four hour 外科, 成し遂げるd by 外科医 Walter Flapper, 伴う／関わるd cutting the 200 gram lesion off Angel's 直面する before using bone taken from her hip to 調印（する） the 穴を開ける in her forehead. ?

The 外科 was a success and Angel was later able to see 明確に for the first time.?

She will also を受ける 外科 to 形態／調整 her nose (it was 押し進めるd to one 味方する 予定 to the 負わせる of the hernia) in the coming months and will be flown 支援する to Australia to do so.?

When Angel's family saw her for the first time, they were overjoyed and celebrated with a birthday party on November 5th.?

'We celebrated it with children in our 近隣 and other 親族s,' Ms Salon said. 'She was so happy.'

Since 株ing their story, Angel and her family have been flooded with supportive comments from people touched by their story. ?

'I have so much wonderment at how this family has soooooo much courage and love. So pleased the out come has been sooooo successful,' one woman wrote on Facebook.?

'This brings 涙／ほころびs to my 注目する，もくろむs. I love the 人道的な work by all 伴う／関わるd. Bless you,' another wrote.?