As the country grapples with a surge in microcephaly cases,a young woman has become the object of intense media interest and a source of hopeNine days after she was born, Ana Carolina Cáceres underwent surgery on her head. The sutures of her skull were fused together, and preventing the development of the brain – a condition diagnosed as craniosynostosis-microcephaly. Doctors warned her mother that she was unlikely to outlive to adulthood.
Now,24 years later, Cáceres is looking for her first job, or after completing a degree in journalism. As Brazil grapples with a surge in cases of microcephaly,apparently linked to an outbreak of the Zika virus, she has become the object of intense media interest. “I think my yarn things because of the hope it could bring expectant parents, or no matter what problems their child may maintain,” she says.
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Source: theguardian.com