Success! Oeun from Cambodia raised $229 to fund sight-restoring cataract surgery.

Oeun
$229
raised
$0
to go
Fully funded
Oeun's treatment was fully funded on February 15, 2021.
  • Oeun's story
  • Oeun's update
October 20, 2020

Photo of Oeun post-operation

February 18, 2021

Oeun underwent sight-restoring cataract surgery.

Oeun's husband passed away two years ago and her vision had gotten progressively worse over since then. She couldn't recognize her family, w...

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Oeun's Timeline

  • October 19, 2020
    TREATMENT OCCURRED

    Oeun received treatment at Kien Khleang National Rehabilitation Centre in Cambodia. 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.

  • October 20, 2020
    PROFILE SUBMITTED

    Oeun was submitted by Sieng Heng at Children's Surgical Centre.

  • October 20, 2020
    PROFILE PUBLISHED

    Oeun's profile was published to start raising funds.

  • February 15, 2021
    FULLY FUNDED

    Oeun's treatment was fully funded.

  • February 18, 2021
    TREATMENT UPDATE

    Oeun's treatment was successful. Read the update.

Funded by 4 donors

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Linn is a 50-year-old woman from Burma. She is divorced and lives with her mother and son in Karen State - a conflict area near the border of Burma and Thailand. She works as a shop vendor, selling steamed sticky rice with chicken and pork, and her mother is retired. Her 12-year-old son is in the fifth grade in Burma. Linn also cultivates vegetables in her garden and usually cooks meals using them. Linn enjoys watching movies in her free time, but she has not been able to do so for a while now. One year ago, Linn began to experience blurred and double vision. Currently, Linn cannot read, see, or walk well and requires a caregiver to assist her with daily activities. These symptoms have made it increasingly difficult for her to see clearly. Linn was diagnosed with retinal detachment, a condition in which the retina pulls away from the supportive tissue in the eye, resulting in vision loss. If left untreated, she could lose vision completely. Linn is scheduled to undergo surgery to reattach her retina. Our medical partner, Burma Children Medical Fund (BCMF), requests $1,500 to cover her procedure and care costs. After her surgery, Linn's vision will hopefully be restored, and she will resume her daily activities comfortably. Linn expressed, "I am very pleased to receive help and I am relieved that I can also stay at BCMF's patients' house in Chiang Mai. I wish for the success of my eye surgery. After recovery, I hope to restart my previous business again."

$932raised
$568to go