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Mary from Kenya raised $790 to treat uterine fibroids.

Mary
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Mary's treatment was fully funded on September 3, 2015.

Photo of Mary post-operation

September 15, 2015

Mary received surgery to treat her abdominal pain and bleeding.

Our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation, reports that, “Mary’s TAH (total abdominal hysterectomy) was a success. She was alleviated of pain and she shall no longer experience bleeding.”

Mary happily added, “Words cannot express my gratitude to Watsi and the hospital for this gesture. At least now I can continue working to support my two children.”

Our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation, reports that, "Mary's TAH (total abdominal hysterectomy) was a success. She was ...

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August 11, 2015

Meet Mary, a 41-year-old woman from Kenya. Mary is a single mother of two school-age children and works as a housemaid.

Our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation (AMHF), shares, “For over one year now, Mary has been having bleeding and pain in her lower abdomen.” This bleeding is caused by fibroids in her uterus. Fibroids are benign tumors that grow along the wall of the uterus and often appear during childbearing years.

Mary works as a house helper in a nearby city. AMHF explains, “The little income that Mary makes is not enough to take care of her family needs and still pay for this treatment.”

“My children are fully dependent on me. I hope this condition is treated so that I can be able to continue working and supporting my children,” Mary remarks.

For $790 we can fund Mary’s total abdominal hysterectomy. Doctors will remove her uterus and cervix in order to prevent the uterine fibroids from redeveloping.

AMHF predicts, “After surgery, Mary will recover fully. She will be free from the abdominal pain, bleeding and risk of anemia. Mary will be able to work and educate and support her children.”

Let’s fund surgery for this hardworking mother!

Meet Mary, a 41-year-old woman from Kenya. Mary is a single mother of two school-age children and works as a housemaid. Our medical partn...

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Mary's Timeline

  • August 11, 2015
    PROFILE SUBMITTED

    Mary was submitted by Beatrice Njoroge, Curative Medical Support Program Coordinator at African Mission Healthcare.

  • August 14, 2015
    TREATMENT OCCURRED

    Mary received treatment. Medical partners often provide care to patients accepted by Watsi before those patients are fully funded, operating under the guarantee that the cost of care will be paid for by donors.

  • August 30, 2015
    PROFILE PUBLISHED

    Mary's profile was published to start raising funds.

  • September 3, 2015
    FULLY FUNDED

    Mary's treatment was fully funded.

  • September 15, 2015
    TREATMENT UPDATE

    We received an update on Mary. Read the update.

Funded by 21 donors

Funded by 21 donors

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Mary

Mary is an eight-year-old girl. She is a talkative and playful young girl. She is the last born in a family of seven children and the family is not well off financially. Both of her parents do casual jobs like ploughing people's farms for a living and such jobs are not easy to find where they live. Sometimes the church members chip in to help them where they can. When Mary was one year old, she was involved in an accident where she sustained burns to her head, some parts of her face and neck. She was rushed to the hospital and was admitted for better care. While in the hospital, a surgery was done on her head where she had sustained more burns. She was then discharged and booked for wound dressing clinics. The wounds were healing well as per the doctors’ plan. Her parents managed to take her for the clinics for a few months but later stopped because of finances. While at home, the wound got infected but due to lack of funds, she was not taken to hospital at that time. Time went by and the infection spread to most parts of the head. When she was three years old, the family met up with a local pastor who started helping them. He started financing Mary’s hospital visits with the help of some church members where he ministered. The wound was dressed again but the recovery process was very slow. In mid this year, the pastor brought them to Kijabe Hospital, she was examined, and the wound was dressed properly. Since then, the wound has been healing as expected. Fortunately, our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare, is helping Mary receive treatment. On December 9th, surgeons will perform a debridement and skin graft procedure to help the remaining wound to heal properly. Now, Mary's family needs help to fund this $1,185 procedure. Mary’s father says, "Since the accident, we have been struggling a lot to make her get the required treatment but have failed to some extent. Coming to Kijabe, our hopes have been boosted greatly with the improvement she has experienced, and we hope that she will go through with the surgery and be well again.”

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$720raised
$464to go

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