Mebrat is a playful four-year-old girl from Ethiopia. She has Cushing Syndrome, a condition caused by a tumor that results in abnormally high hormone levels, high blood pressure, and deformed body shape due to lack of proportional fat deposition.
Our medical partner in Ethiopia marked this case as urgent. They write that Mebrat’s condition could lead to dangerous systemic infection if it’s not treated immediately. Her tumor will be removed within 24 hours under the assumption that Watsi donors are funding her care. They expect this will completely resolve her condition.
Mebrat comes from a poor family. The most her parents could do was to bring her to a district hospital. They hope their child will recover and return to normal, healthy life. “Mebrat is very smart,” her father says. “I hope that she will get well and be able to go back to school.”
For $1,500, we can fund surgery to remove the tumor and allow Mebrat to return to normal life as a playful kid.