May is 17-year-old farmer from Burma. She lives with her mother, older siblings, and an uncle.
Since she was 13, May has been experiencing pelvic, leg, and back pain in addition to frequent vomiting. She has been diagnosed with fibroids, which are benign growths in the uterus. She needs to undergo a myomectomy, a procedure in which surgeons will remove the fibroids.
Our medical partner, Burma Children Medical Fund (BCMF), is requesting $960 to fund May’s surgery. She is scheduled to undergo her myomectomy on March 19 at BCMF’s care center, Mae Sot General Hospital.
She says, “In the future I want to keep helping my mother on our farm.”