Meet Restetuta, a 59-year-old entrepreneur and mother of four who lives in Uganda. Her two sons are casual laborers, and both her daughters are married.
“Restetuta is a house wife as well as a farmer,” says our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation (AMHF). “She desires to get capital so that can start an income generating project of selling dry cereals.”
Restetuta has an inguinal hernia, a protrusion of tissue in the abdomen, on her right side. “Restetuta has lived with the pain for three years. She went to the government hospital where she was told she has a hernia and was advised to have surgery,” AMHF shares. “Restetuta went to the same hospital three times for free surgery but the line for people who needed surgery was too long.”
If left untreated, Restetuta will remain in pain and may face complications from dangerous intestinal obstruction. AMHF shares Restetuta’s reaction to another option for care. “As I walked in, I felt God’s mercy surround me,” she said.
$220 will cover Restetuta’s operation to fix the defect in her abdominal wall that was caused by the protrusion. While she is under general anasesthesia, doctors will make an incision in the area where her hernia is located to repair and close the area.
This operation will get rid of her pain and any risk of intestinal obstruction so she can return to her normal life. “I wish I could see those donors who are going to help me,” says Restetuta, “God bless Watsi!”