Naol is a young boy from Ethiopia. A five-year-old boy is going through a very difficult health battle. He is a loving older brother to a one-year-old sister and the pride of his hard-working farming parents.
Naol’s medical journey started a year ago when he broke his right leg while playing football with his friends. His parents rushed him to a health center, and he was sent to a hospital for surgery. He had to stay in the hospital for a whole month before he could finally go home to recover. Just when things seemed better, his right leg became very swollen, painful, and started leaking fluid. Now, he can barely walk again. Doctors have diagnosed him with chronic osteomyelitis, a long-lasting bone infection. Because of this severe pain, he has had to drop out of school. It has stopped his early education and taken away his active childhood of playing with friends. He can no longer play football with his friends.
Following his review with our medical partner, Saglan Wajee General Hospital, doctors have scheduled Naol’s surgery on November 7th. He will undergo a sequestrectomy, a surgical procedure involving the removal of fragments of infected dead bone or tissue. If not treated, it can lead to recurrent infections that may result in life-threatening complications. He needs help raising $900 to fund his procedure and care. Once completed, this procedure will alleviate his symptoms and prevent serious long-term complications.
Naol’s parents shared, “Our only wish is to see him play again like his friends.”
