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Boston burn doctors to help boy from Haiti

Shriners burn doctors will try to restore face, future for a 12-year-old village boy

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  • 6/24/11 Boston, MA -- Mother Lydia Minnor keeps watch of her son, Dieuphete Celime as he recovers in a patient room at Shriner's Hospital from an earlier examination under anesthetic to clean his wounds and to determine an operative plan, December 27, 2011. Erik Jacobs for the Boston Globe
    Erik Jacobs for The Boston Globe
    Three months ago, 12-year-old Dieuphete was in a Haitian village when a gasoline-fueled cooking fire ignited his nylon shirt.
  • 6/24/11 Boston, MA -- Mother Lydia Minnor keeps watch of her son, Dieuphete Celime as he recovers in a patient room at Shriner's Hospital from an earlier examination under anesthetic to clean his wounds and to determine an operative plan, December 27, 2011. Erik Jacobs for the Boston Globe
    Erik Jacobs for The Boston Globe
    Lydia Minnor kept watch over her son, Dieuphete Celime, as he recovered in a patient room at Shriner's Hospital for Children in Boston.
  • 6/24/11 Boston, MA -- Dieuphete Celime recovers in a patient room at Shriner's Hospital from an earlier examination under anesthetic to clean his wounds and to determine an operative plan, December 27, 2011. Erik Jacobs for the Boston Globe
    Erik Jacobs for The Boston Globe
    He was brought to Shriners Hospital where a team of doctors was attempting to give him a new life and a functioning face.
  • 6/24/11 Boston, MA -- Under the watchful eye of his mother, Lydia Minnor, Dieuphete Celime recovers in a patient room at Shriner's Hospital from an earlier examination under anesthetic to clean his wounds and to determine an operative plan, December 27, 2011. Erik Jacobs for the Boston Globe
    Erik Jacobs for The Boston Globe
    Dieuphete came with his mother, Lydia, on Monday evening. It was the first time either had left Haiti.
  • 6/24/11 Boston, MA -- Team surgeons, from left, Rob Sheridan and Philip Chang talk over the treatment plan with Lydia Minnor, as her son Dieuphete Celime recovers in a patient room at Shriner's Hospital from an earlier examination under anesthetic to clean his wounds and to determine an operative plan, December 27, 2011. Erik Jacobs for the Boston Globe
    Erik Jacobs for The Boston Globe
    Team surgeons Rob Sheridan, left, and Philip Chang reviewed the treatment plan with Lydia in her son's patient room.
  • 6/24/11 Boston, MA -- Nurse Christie Dinan tries to determine how much pain Dieuphete Celime is experiencing, with the help of his mother Lydia Minnor as Celime recovers from an earlier examination under anesthetic to clean his wounds and to determine an operative plan, December 27, 2011. Celime pointed to the number 2 indicating he only had a little pain in his ear. Erik Jacobs for the Boston Globe
    Erik Jacobs for The Boston Globe
    Doctors said his wounds will be closed and he will be able to eat properly and work to support himself and his family.
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