Ruth is 59 years old, and a single mother of ten children from Kenya. Her youngest child is in elementary school, while the others have completed high school. Ruth sells second hand clothes for a living but has not been consistent due to her thyroid problem.
Since September 2011, Ruth has been suffering from goiter, a swelling of the neck resulting from enlargement of the thyroid gland. She has been on medication until January 2016 when she started experiencing eating and breathing problems. She is not able to eat with ease, especially with solid foods. Ruth needs a subtotal thyroidectomy to remove most of her enlarged thyroid, leaving just enough to maintain thyroid function.
$640 will cover the costs of the surgery and care Ruth needs. Let’s help raise the funds!
Ruth says, “I want to get well and provide for myself and my children who are not doing well.”