Stephen from Kenya raised $535 to fund corrective surgery.

Stephen
$535
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Fully funded
Stephen's treatment was fully funded on April 25, 2017.
  • Stephen's story
  • Stephen's update
March 6, 2017
April 14, 2017

Stephen did not receive treatment as expected.

Stephen was diagnosed with a right undescended testicle. However, when examined before surgery, the testicle had descended on its own. The s...

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Stephen's Timeline

  • March 6, 2017
    PROFILE SUBMITTED

    Stephen was submitted by Joan Kadagaya, SAFE Senior Program Coordinator at African Mission Healthcare.

  • March 8, 2017
    PROFILE PUBLISHED

    Stephen's profile was published to start raising funds.

  • March 9, 2017
    TREATMENT SCHEDULED

    Stephen was scheduled to receive treatment at BethanyKids Kijabe Hospital (BKKH) 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.

  • April 14, 2017
    TREATMENT UPDATE

    Stephen's treatment did not happen. Read the update.

  • April 14, 2017
    FUNDING ENDED

    Stephen is no longer raising funds.

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Recheal is a 20-year-old from Kenya. She is studying in secondary school but has been unable to attend school for the last three months due to her condition. Recheal is the sixth born in a family of eleven children. Her parents are small-scale farmers, growing maize and beans for their family’s home use. Recheal does not have medical coverage, and her parents had to sell cattle and maize to raise Ksh 120,000.00 ($783) to cover her initial surgery costs. Recheal needs to undergo urgent surgery, and her family is requesting financial assistance. Recheal has been diagnosed with an abdominal bile leak that is causing her discomfort and pain. Her doctors have recommended surgery to ease the pain and enable her to resume her studies. She first experienced painful stomach swelling in August 2023. She visited a local health center and was treated for worms, which relieved her of pain for a while, but it recurred with time. She then visited our medical partner’s hospital for review. At the beginning of November, she received a CT scan that showed a liver cyst that required surgery. She underwent a laparotomy to remove the cyst on November 23rd. Four days later, the doctors identified a bile leakage that needed to be rectified. She is now scheduled for emergency surgery on November 28th to fix the fatal condition. African Mission Healthcare (AMH) is requesting $1,074 to fund this surgery. Recheal said, “I have missed school for three months now. This procedure will help ease stomach pain and enable me to return to school.”

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