Success! Karahukayo from Uganda raised $196 to fund a cyst removal.

Karahukayo
$196
raised
$0
to go
Fully funded
Karahukayo's treatment was fully funded on February 24, 2021.
  • Karahukayo's story
  • Karahukayo's update
January 31, 2021

Photo of Karahukayo post-operation

March 2, 2021

Karahukayo underwent a cyst removal.

Karahukayo successfully received an excision treatment for a ganglionic cyst. His surgical treatment went very well and he is now able to us...

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Karahukayo's Timeline

  • January 31, 2021
    PROFILE SUBMITTED

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

  • February 10, 2021
    TREATMENT OCCURRED

    Karahukayo received treatment at Karoli Lwanga Hospital, Nyakibale in Uganda. 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.

  • February 24, 2021
    PROFILE PUBLISHED

    Karahukayo's profile was published to start raising funds.

  • February 24, 2021
    FULLY FUNDED

    Karahukayo's treatment was fully funded.

  • March 2, 2021
    TREATMENT UPDATE

    Karahukayo's treatment was successful. Read the update.

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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."

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