A relationship that has resonated with me and one that I will never forget is my friendship with Yang Jan Chao. Yang is a three year-old boy from Southeastern China. We met while I was in Wenshan, China for an Operation Smile mission. Operation Smile is a non-profit organization that devotes itself to eliminating the global problem of inadequate medical care. Medical volunteers enter third world countries and provide cleft lip and palate surgeries for children and young adults. I was able to become a student volunteer, and my responsibilities on the mission were to comfort patients and their families as well as give general hygiene presentations. Yang, one of the patients who I immediately felt a connection with, was in need of a lip scar revision and a unilateral nose repair. This surgery was relatively minor, but was not easily accessible in rural China. Yang traveled an hour from his home, with his grandmother and mother, to have his surgery at the Wenshan hospital.
We first met on screening day, which is a full day dedicated to examining patients and ensuring their ability to undergo surgery. I shadowed Yang as he proceeded through each step of
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