Surgical Success Stories - Biranesh, Ezera & Marte (#320 to #322)

Please meet Biranesh. Doesn't she have a lovely smile? She had severe prolapse for the past three years. She is married, was pregnant nine times and delivered six children. All of her children are living. She is so happy to no longer have her prolapse. This is such a valuable service that you are supporting!

Ezera is 35 years old and has had her prolapse for three years. She is married and has six children, all of whom are still alive. She had to have a blood transfusion prior to her surgery.   but her surgery went well.

Marte Mamo, who is 50 years old, has struggled with her prolapse for three years. Also like Ezera, she is married and was blessed with seven children, all of whom are still alive. Her surgery was performed and went extremely well. Thank you for your generosity that changes lives like Marte’s!

Surgical Success Stories - Berhanesh, Aruse & Abaynesh (#317 to #319)

Berhanesh is 55 years old and widowed. She had seven children and only two have survived. She’s been dealing with her prolapse for the past three years but is now free from her prolapse!

Aruse is a widow from a village who has experienced prolapse for three years. She delivered 12 children, nine of whom are still living. She is very happy to no longer have her prolapse.

Abaynesh had severe prolapse. She has delivered six children, five of her children are still living. She is separated from her husband and has had prolapse for four years . She is very grateful to no longer suffer from this condition. Thank you very much for making a difference in her life.

Surgical Success Stories - Lagushe, Arabe & Abebech (#314 to #316)

This is Lagushe. She delivered eight children and six of them are living. She has suffered for three years and now free from prolapse!

Arabe was pregnant ten times and has delivered eight children, five of whom are still living. She has had prolapse for six years. Thank you so very much for making a big difference in her life!

Abebech is 40 years old and married. She’s had prolapse for two years and had eight children, seven of whom are still alive. Today she is prolapse free!

Surgical Success Stories - Almaz, Alemitu & Deginesh (#311 to #313)

Almaz has been pregnant four times and has two living children. Her prolapse was very serious and had the doctors concerned. But she did very well in surgery is so thankful to have this issue taken care of by our supporters and the great staff at Soddo Christian Hospital!

Alemitu is 40 years old and married. She gave birth to three children and two are still alive. She’s been suffering from her prolapse for one year and today is prolapse free. Her surgery went very well and she made a quick recovery.

Deginesh is 45 years old. She’s suffered from her prolapse for the last 10 years and was finally able to be cured today. She was pregnant seven times and gave birth to four children who are all still alive. She’s so happy to be free of her prolapse!

Surgical Success Stories - Belaynesh, Galdame & Byenech (#308 to #310)

Belaynesh is 40 and has six children who are all still living! She’s married and her prolapse returned about one year ago after her previous surgery and it quickly became very severe. She was able to go home as a new woman!

Galdame thinks she is around 50 years old. She had four children and three are still alive. Her prolapse came back just one year after her first surgery so she’s suffered again for the last four years. She was also able to go home a changed woman. She was so so grateful to have her surgery and she had a huge smile on her face before she left to return home to her children.

Byenech is 50 years old. She had eight children but only five have survived. She is married and her husband is a farmer. She’s had her prolapse for the past three years. She had a successful surgery and will be returning home soon to complete her recovery.

Surgical Success Story - Tadelech (#307)

Tadelech has delivered six children and five are still alive. She actually underwent surgery 10 years ago for prolapse at another hospital. Her problem recurred two years ago and she developed severe prolapse. She had her prolapse surgery at Soddo Christian Hospital and now no longer suffers from this condition. Thanks to all of you who have made this possible!

Surgical Success Stories - 6 Surgeries! (#301 to #306)

Eshale is 50 years old. She is married and had eight children, six of whom are still alive. She had suffered from her prolapse for one year and hers was an unusual type that primarily involved the small intestine, called an enterocoele. She is recovering very well now!

Taylake had a very successful surgery. She is 65 years old and had six children, all of whom are still alive. She had her prolapse for more than six years before having it addressed by the doctors.

After a blood transfusion the doctors were able to successfully perform Woyzare’s surgery. She is 40 years old and married. She had eight children and seven are still living. She’s suffered for two years with prolapse and it had even gotten to the point where she was having difficulty walking. She is grateful for the support of our donors!

Elfinesh states that she is 50 but the doctors think that she’s probably closer to 65. She is widowed and had seven children, six of whom are still alive. She is accompanied by her granddaughter. She had very severe prolapse that was bothering her for the past year. The good news is that she is prolapse free and that she was singing during her surgery. She is a very very precious lady!

Aster is 55 and she lives with one of her eight children who are still alive after giving birth to 11. She has her prolapse for the last four years and is now doing well back on the ward.

All states she is 55 years old. She lives with one of her children. She had nine children and six are still alive. She’s suffered from her prolapse for the past year and was so happy and grateful to have her surgery performed today.

CELEBRATING 300 SURGERIES!!!

IT'S TIME TO CELEBRATE!! 🥳
Thanks to YOUR generosity, 300 women have had life-changing surgeries to correct their uterine prolapse (UVP). What a joy to see the faces and hear some of the stories of these women. Meet some of them on our blog including patient #300, Abayinesh. ❤️

Abayine - our 300th sponsored surgery recipient - is married and has delivered seven children; five of them are living. She stated she had heard that the surgery was free through Soddo Christian Hospital and that is because of your generosity. She was so thankful because she had suffered from this condition for 13 years!! She underwent surgery and no longer has her prolapse! Thank you to everyone who has helped to make this possible.

This is Abayinesh on her way home from surgery in a new dress that was donated to her. #beautiful (more on that later... stay tuned!)

Abayinesh with the excellent OBGYNs at Soddo Christian Hospital: Dr. Nate (left) and Dr. Mark (right)

Surgical Success Stories - 5 More Surgeries! (#295 to & #299)

Bafite is 50 years old and is widowed. She had suffered from her prolapse for the past eight years and is now prolapse free! She has had a challenging life and gave birth to nine children but only one has survived. She lives with one of her grandchildren and despite her difficulties has a wonderful attitude, a beautiful smile, and a sparkle in her eyes!

Alamayehu is also 50 years old and widowed. She had 5 children and remarkably they are all still alive! She had her prolapse for the past year but in that brief time it became very severe. She lives in an area which speaks a different language than the rest of this area. Fortunately she was accompanied by her son who was able to translate for her. She is now prolapse free and is recovering well.

Meselech says she is only 35 years of age. She’s suffered from her prolapse for the past year. She had four children, all of whom are still alive, and her husband is still alive. She’s now recovering on the ward and should be heading home very soon now free from prolapse.

Anshame is 50 years old and had eight children and six of them are still alive. Her husband is still alive and he works as a farmer in the area. She’s suffered from her prolapse and has now had a successful surgery to correct it.

Goite is 55 years old and widowed. She had six children and four of them are still alive and she lives with two of her children in the Gadalla area. Her prolapse had been present for three years but she is now prolapse free as well. We’re not sure her smile could be any bigger than it was before her surgery!

Surgical Success Stories - Nigate & Bafane (#287 & #288)

Nigate is 55 year old and from the Gadalla area. She had ten children and sadly only three are still alive. She is widowed and lives with two of her children. She was so happy to have her surgery and had a huge grin on her face before she went to the operating room. She had suffered from her prolapse for three years before coming in to be seen.

Bafane had six children and four are alive. She’s married and lives with her husband and one of her children. She first noticed her prolapse about 3 years ago and is now prolapse free!