Jackline is a farmer and a mother of four: two boys and two girls all in different stages in school. Jackline and her husband support their family through small scale farming in the village. They mainly grow carrots and cabbages to sell in the market.
Five years ago, Jackline began to experience troubling symptoms, including breathing and swallowing problems, anterior neck swelling and heart palpitations. She visited Nyakibale Hospital and had a thyroid test run. She was diagnosed with multiple cystic thyroid goitre. If not treated, Jackline will be at risk of further complications from the goitre including breathing problems. She is worried her output at work will be affected and needs surgery to prevent her symptoms from getting worse.
Our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare, is helping Jackline receive treatment. She is scheduled to undergo a thyroidectomy on December 28th at our medical partner’s care center. Surgeons will remove all or part of her thyroid gland. This procedure will cost $252, and she and her family need help raising money.
Jackline says “I really wish my health gets better so that I continue working hard and be able to educate my children for a bright future.”