Surgical Success Stories - Four More Surgeries! (#257 to & #260)

Abebech has had prolapse for the past year. She has had five children and four are still alive. Her husband has five other wives (polygamy is fairly common in the rural areas of Ethiopia) and she lives with one of her children. Thank you for helping Abebech!

Tadelech has had prolapse for four years. She has six children who are all still living. She is so very happy to be free of her prolapse!

Loire is a mother of six children, four of whom are still living. She has had prolapse for three years and is now prolapse free thanks to our donors.

Buruchke has had nine children and seven are still living. She’s had prolapse for four years and is now healing and recovering from her life-changing surgery.

Surgical Success Stories - Bodhe & Kukure (#255 & #256)

Bodhe is 55 years old, is married and has had ten children but only two have survived. She’s suffered from her prolapse for the past year and is now prolapse free!

Kukure is also 55 years old and married. She has had seven children and they are all still alive.  She has had prolapse for seven years and is now free from her prolapse as well. Dr. Nate struggled to get a good photo of Kukure since she’s been in some discomfort since her surgery so, as you can imagine, she didn’t really feel like smiling much on the outside. But inside, she is definitely smiling!

Surgical Success Stories - Six More Surgeries! (#249 to & #254)

Gestane is 40 years old and had five children, three of whom are still alive.  She has had prolapse for one year and was so pleased to have her surgery!

Amarech is 45 years old and has had seven children, all of whom are still alive. She’s suffered from her prolapse for one year and is now prolapse free!

Desalech is 45 years old. She has two children and has had prolapse for one year. Thank you so much for helping her.

Abebech is 60 years old and has had prolapse for approximately one year after having had seven children, three of whom are still alive. She originally didn’t want to smile for the picture but then she started cracking herself up. We’re so happy for her!

This spunky lady is Ayane who is also 60 years old. Amazingly she has had 12 children and unfortunately only four of them are still alive. She has had extremely severe prolapse for six years and there were some challenges with her surgery but the doctors expect and hope for a full recovery.

Talgore had to wait three weeks for her surgery due to some medical issues but she couldn’t wait to return and have her surgery done! She is 60 years old and has had six children but only one has survived and she lives with that son.

Surgical Success Stories - Amarech & Atate (#247 & #248)

Amarech is 50 years old. She’s widowed and has had prolapse for five years. She had three children and all of them are still alive. She lives with her youngest daughter and is so happy to be free of her prolapse!

Atate, who states that she’s 60 years old, but the doctors think that she’s probably in her 70s. She needed some medical issues cleared up before her surgery but after those were addressed the team at Soddo Christian Hospital addressed all of her needs. She is widowed and had five children, four of whom are still alive, and she has several grandchildren.

Surgical Success Stories - Shimale & Wayze (#245 & #246)

Shimale has unbelievably suffered from prolapse for 20 years - yes, 20 YEARS! - ever since the birth of her last child. She’s a 55-year-old widow and has given birth to nine children but only one has survived. She lives with that daughter. When her surgery was finished the smile on her face filled the room and she would not let go of Dr. Nat'e’s hand.  She was SO thankful to you for her care and for the way that her life was changed! Isn’t her smile amazing!? According to Dr. Nate, it was even bigger in the operating room!

Wayze thinks that she’s around fifty years old but she’s not sure. She is widowed and has had six children, three of whom are still alive. She’s had prolapse for three years and her surgery went extremely well. Thank you to our donors!

Surgical Success Stories - Abebech & Balote (#243 & #244)

Abebech is a 50-year-old widow who has three surviving children to help take care of her. She’s had prolapse for four years and her surgery went extremely well. Thank you!

Balote is also 50-years-old and widowed. She has had four children but only one has survived. She lives with her son and his family. She had severe prolapse for two years and the doctors were able to perform a definitive surgery for her. She was so pleased and excited to have her surgery. As she prayed before her surgery she thanked the Lord for all of you.

Surgical Success Stories - Workenesh (#242)

Workenesh is 45 years old. She lives with her husband and two of her children. She has had seven children and five have survived. She’s on the road to recovery after surgery and is grateful for this opportunity.

Surgical Success Stories - Algatu, Buzunesh and Nigist (#239, #240, #241)

Algatu is a widow, who has delivered four children, all of who are living. She has suffered from prolapse for six years and is so thankful to our donors for their help!

This young married woman‘s name is Buzunesh. She has delivered eight children and seven are living. Her youngest is four years old. She has had prolapse since her last delivery and is now free from this issue.

Nigist is married and had suffered from prolapse for one year. Thank you for your generosity. It has made a big difference in Nigist’s life.

Surgical Success Stories - Gelane & Mulunesh (#237 & #238)

Gelane is 45 years old. lives with her husband and has seven children. She had suffered from prolapse for 10 years before seeking help.  She was so thankful for her surgery and your kindness and generosity.

Mulunesh Arzo is 50 years old and is a mother to eight children, including a set of twins! (Multiple births are very common in Ethiopia. The hospital has had two sets of triplets in the last couple of months.) She is married and lives with her husband and has had prolapse for the past five years. Thank you for helping to change her life.

Surgical Success Stories - Matafe & Ayome (#235 & #236)

Matafe is 60 years of age and has six living children.  She has had prolapse for four years and lives with her husband who is ill. She was actually brought in by one of the sons of a patient from last week! His mother’s surgery went so well that he told her she needs to have the same thing and offered to bring her in and help take care of her afterwards. Drs Mark and Nate were very happy and flattered that he urged her to come in and was kind enough to help her in this way.

Ayome is 57 years old.  She has seven living children after giving birth to eight.  She has had prolapse for 10 years and is married living with her husband. Thank you for sponsoring her life-changing surgery!