Zipporah is a 48-year-old woman who lives in Kenya, and earns money by selling vegetables by the roadside. She came to our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation (AMHF), with uterine fibroids.
Fibroids are benign tumors that grow within the muscle tissue of the uterus.
“For about two years now, Zipporah has been experiencing this condition … [and] has been going to different hospitals without much help,” AMHF explains. Currently, “Zipporah is experiencing bleeding, anemia, lower abdominal pain, and body weakness.”
Because of these symptoms, Zipporah has been unable to care for her child, who lives with her elderly mother.
“I know I should not depend on my mother, but this problem is making me very weak, and I am also unable to do my small business to get food,” shares Zipporah.
Doctors recommend that Zipporah undergo a total abdominal hysterectomy, a surgical procedure in which her uterus and cervix are removed. Without an operation, AMHF says, “the fibroids will continue to grow, affecting surrounding body organs, and Zipporah will continue suffering from pain and anemia complications.”
With $790 in funding, Zipporah can undergo surgery and receive five days of post-operative hospital care. AMHF expects a full recovery after the surgery and explains, “She will be free from the bleeding, anemia, body weakness, and pain. Zipporah will be well again to work and take care of her child.”
“I pray for a successful surgery to enable me to restart my small business to sustain myself and my child,” says Zipporah.