“Srey Nich spends her free time cleaning the house and helping her mother get around,” shares our medical partner, Children’s Surgical Centre (CSC).
Srey Nich is a 24-year-old woman from Cambodia. She has cholesteatoma, an abnormal growth of skin behind the eardrum in her left ear. As this skin-lined cyst increases, it erodes bones and promotes the growth of bacteria within the middle ear. This leads to hearing loss and infection. Srey Nich also “experiences pain, hearing loss, tinnitus, and daily ear discharge from her left ear,” adds CSC.
“When Srey Nich was a child she began having ear discharge and hearing loss on both sides,” reports CSC. Ten months ago, she underwent surgery to close the perforation on her right middle ear, but now she requires a different type of procedure on her left ear.
$809 will fund the mastoidectomy Srey Nich requires to treat her left ear. This procedure involves opening the bone behind the middle ear to remove the bacteria and eliminate infection. This surgical intervention will help to protect Srey Nich from further hearing loss and complications.
In addition to this surgery, Srey Nich will receive a routine course of antibiotics as well as follow-up visits to monitor her recovery. Srey Nich says, “I hope my ear discharge stops and I have good hearing, and no more pain.”