Success! Maripet from Kenya raised $1,500 to fund brain surgery.

Maripet
$1,500
raised
$0
to go
Fully funded
Maripet's treatment was fully funded on October 15, 2022.
  • Maripet's story
  • Maripet's update
June 8, 2022

Photo of Maripet post-operation

October 25, 2022

Maripet underwent brain surgery.

Maripet’s surgery was a success. After a few days of recovery at the hospital, she was able to go home. Her doctors hope that with her heali...

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Maripet's Timeline

  • June 8, 2022
    PROFILE SUBMITTED

    Maripet was submitted by Joan Kadagaya, Curative Medical Support Program-Partner Representative at African Mission Healthcare.

  • June 9, 2022
    TREATMENT OCCURRED

    Maripet received treatment at BethanyKids Kijabe Hospital (BKKH) in Kenya. Medical partners often provide care to patients accepted by Watsi before those patients are fully funded, operating under the guarantee that the cost of care will be paid for by donors.

  • June 14, 2022
    PROFILE PUBLISHED

    Maripet's profile was published to start raising funds.

  • October 15, 2022
    FULLY FUNDED

    Maripet's treatment was fully funded.

  • October 25, 2022
    TREATMENT UPDATE

    Maripet's treatment was successful. Read the update.

Funded by 31 donors

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Ashin Mala is a 30-year-old monk from Burma. He became a monk a year ago and currently lives in a monastery in Karen State. He receives two meals a day and cash donations from worshippers. In October 2022, he visited the house of a member of the ethnic armed group in the village. At the home, a child was playing with a pistol and accidentally shot the gun, hitting a wall. Unfortunately, a part of the bullet ricocheted off the wall and hit Mala in his left eye. Immediately, Ashin Mala was brought to a hospital, where an X-ray showed that bullet shards were lodged under his left eye. The doctor removed most of the bullet shards and closed the gunshot wound. Though time has since passed, he still feels pain in his left eye and has lost vision in that eye. He has also developed itchiness and a burning sensation in that eye. Eventually, he was brought to Mae Sot Hospital in Thailand, where, with the help of Burma Children Medical Fund (BCMF) and Watsi donors, he underwent a CT scan. The results showed multiple foreign bodies in his left eye, most likely shards left from the bullet, and indicated that his left eyeball was most likely ruptured. He was then referred to Chiang Mai Hospital (CMH), where an ophthalmologist told him they would have to remove his left eyeball. He was then admitted for surgery at CMH on February 22nd. Mala needs help raising $1500 to fund this procedure that will relieve him of his pain. Ashin Mala said, "I believe my pain will disappear after the operation. I want to get rid of the pain. Afterward, I will work hard to attend Dhamma University. I want to become a preacher. I will preach about Dharma [the teachings of Buddha] around my country.”

$856raised
$644to go