“This bleeding is making me worried,” Philis shares. “If it continues I feel like I am going to die. Please help me so that I can be safe. I have to be okay and be there for my family.”
Philis is a 51-year-old mother of five living in Kenya. She was healthy until she began experiencing heavy bleeding and abdominal pain few weeks ago.
Philis went to the hospital at the first signs of her symptoms and was given medicine but the bleeding persisted. Philis was then referred to our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation (AMHF), where she was diagnosed with uterine fibroids and anemia.
“If not treated, Philis will continue to bleed which could lead to severe anemia with other cardiovascular complications,” AMHF shares.
For $790, Philis will receive a hysterectomy to remove her uterus and the fibroids causing pain, excessive bleeding, and anemia. This surgery will allow Philis to get back on her feet and regain her energy to work as a small scale farmer, and also a mother to five loving children.