April 13, 2016
On April 10, 2016, Neema was born with a lesion on her lower back which is leaking cerebral spinal fluid. “If not treated,” our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation (AMHF) tells us, “Neema will be at risk of easily contracting infections. She is also at risk of developing hydrocephalus.”
Neema is the youngest of four children and lives with her parents and siblings in Tanzania. Neema’s mother is a homemaker and her father owns a small business where he sells mats. Although they both work hard, their combined incomes are not enough to cover the operation that Neema needs, as well as the cost of rent and expenses related to their other children.
$1,200 will ensure that Neema receives the treatment she needs, which will keep her from developing hydrocephalus - a more serious brain condition - in the future. “I pray that my baby will get well and grow up like her siblings,” said Neema’s mother.
On April 10, 2016, Neema was born with a lesion on her lower back which is leaking cerebral spinal fluid. "If not treated," our medical part...
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June 16, 2016
Neema received life-saving spinal surgery.
Neema was born with myelomeningocele (a serious type of spina bifida) and surgery was done successfully (MMC closure). Stitches on Neema’s back were recently removed and the wound is healing well. The rate of growth of Neema’s head is being observed as she may need a shunt to be inserted due to an abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid (known as hydrocephalus). Neema is out of the risk of easily contracting infection through what was an open lesion on her back.
“My baby is doing well. I am able to hold her without worrying that I’ll hurt her back; she is breastfeeding well and doesn’t cry as much anymore. I greatly appreciate the financial support; we wouldn’t have managed on our own,” said Neema’s mother.
Neema was born with myelomeningocele (a serious type of spina bifida) and surgery was done successfully (MMC closure). Stitches on Neema’s b...
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