Success! Salome from Kenya raised $220 to fund cataract surgery for one eye.

Salome
$220
raised
$0
to go
Fully funded
Salome's treatment was fully funded on November 28, 2017.
  • Salome's story
  • Salome's update
August 24, 2017

Photo of Salome post-operation

September 22, 2017

Salome underwent cataract surgery for one eye.

Salome is overjoyed now that her vision is restored after successful surgery in our medical partner's facility. She goes home knowing risk o...

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Salome's Timeline

  • August 24, 2017
    PROFILE SUBMITTED

    Salome was submitted by Joan Kadagaya, Curative Medical Support Program-Partner Representative at African Mission Healthcare.

  • August 28, 2017
    TREATMENT OCCURRED

    Salome received treatment at AIC Kijabe Hospital in Kenya. 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.

  • September 19, 2017
    PROFILE PUBLISHED

    Salome's profile was published to start raising funds.

  • September 22, 2017
    TREATMENT UPDATE

    Salome's treatment was successful. Read the update.

  • November 28, 2017
    FULLY FUNDED

    Salome's treatment was fully funded.

Funded by 6 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
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