Written by MS4BCV
The most touching account described by Daniel, Jonathan, and Will about their experience last summer at Burn Center Viedma involved a little girl named Vivianna. While it’s rightfully their story to tell, we were privy to recent developments in her saga, and wanted to share these new revelations, along with some special video footage, with our founders.
Vivianna was three years old when pushed into an open flame by an older sibling last June. The accident occurred in a remote Indian village in the Bolivian countryside miles from the nearest hospital. As she fell backwards into the fire, her dress ignited and singed her back and buttocks. Because of the seclusion of her village, she lay without medical attention for three days. Once rumor of her accident reached Cochabamba, a medical missionary set out by helicopter to airlift her to Burn Center Viedma. Upon her arrival, Daniel, Jonathan, and Will watched in awe as Dr. Romero and company stripped all layers of tissue from her back down to her musculature, and grafted skin from all over her body to cover her exposed injury. We recently learned from Vivianna’s current care taker that the boy who pushed her into the fire was banished from her village. Unfortunately, we also learned that the village elders met and decided not to allow the now four year old Vivianna to return. Consequently, she is in the care of an American couple volunteering in Cochabamba. She’s learned to speak Spanish in lieu of her native language, and visits the burn center daily for physical therapy to ensure the elasticity of the grafted skin on her back. From what we’ve seen of her she’s nothing but smiles, and from what her care takers say, she’s a bundle of unbridled energy and mischief.
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