Surgical Success Stories - #461-470!

Name: Ukume
Age: 45 (the doctors think she may actually be 55)
Story: Ukume has never given birth which is unusual for prolapse patients. Her surgery went extremely well!

Name: Meskele
Age: 40
Story: Meskele is married with three living children after giving birth to four. She has had her prolapse for two years but is now prolapse free.

Name: Bizunesh
Age: Unknown
Story: Married and lives with her husband and her four living children after giving birth to seven. Her prolapse had been bothering her for five years before going to see the doctors.

Name: Marta
Age: 50
Story: Lives with her husband and they have raised eight children together. She had been dealing with her prolapse for the past year. Now she is prolapse free and has travelled home.

Name: Meselech
Age: 45
Story: Married with seven children, Meselech’s prolapse has been going on for a year and she is now prolapse free by the grace of God and generosity of all of you!

Name: Abebech
Age: 50
Story: Abebech is married with three living children after giving birth to five in total. She had only noticed her prolapse two months ago but in that short period of time it had become quite severe. Thank you for helping her.

Name: Aynate
Age: 40
Story: She’s married with seven children and prior to surgery had been living with her prolapse for the last year. She is now prolapse free and recovering well.

Name: Boltane
Age: 50
Story: When her church heard about the work the doctors were doing at Soddo Christian Hospital they sent a note Boltane asking if they would treat her. Of course they were more than happy to! She’s widowed and lives with one of her four children after having given birth to five. Her prolapse had been bothering her for the past three years but it is now a thing of the past.

Name: Jane
Age: 45
Story: Jane is widowed, and has given birth to five children with three of them still alive. She noticed her prolapse only three months ago but in that short period of time it had become quite significant. She is now recovering and so grateful to be free from her prolapse.

Name: Felekech
Age: 40
Story: Has five living children after giving birth to six. She’s married and has been struggling with her prolapse over the last two years. Her smile tells you how glad she is to be prolapse free!

Surgical Success Stories - #451-460!

The doctors have just helped this sweet woman with a wonderful smile to be set free from her prolapse. Her name is Ashke and she is 45 years old. She has had her prolapse for just one year but it had become quite severe. She’s widowed and has two living children after giving birth to three.

There is now one less woman with pelvic organ prolapse! Maskale is married and have given birth to ten children, with seven of them still alive. She first noticed her prolapse seven months ago and it had slowly worsened. Her surgery went very smoothly and she’s now recovering and resting.

The doctors had the immense pleasure of helping Aster recently. She’s married and has given birth to eight children with seven of them still alive. She’s been experiencing her prolapse for the past three years and is now prolapse free!

Sponsorship has given us the immense pleasure of helping this precious woman named Tadelech. She’s 35 and she and her husband take care of the five children that they have together. Her prolapse had become VERY severe over the last two years that she noticed it - but she is now free from that problem!

Almaz is 40 years old. She’s had her prolapse for the past three years but is now free of that problem. She and her husband are raising six children which keeps her quite busy!

Ayelech is also 40 and although she had only noticed her prolapse one year ago, it had become quite severe. Dr. Mark and the team did a great job in her repair and she’s now recovering and receiving care.

Mazigabe is 50 years old and as widow. She has had a severe prolapse for one year, underwent surgery and is now prolapse free! She was doing very well and is recovering at home.

Taligore, who until her visit to the hospital, had suffered from prolapse for four years, is a widow with six children. She is so grateful to no longer have her prolapse!

Aster has six children and she lives with one of them as she’s separated from her husband. She had been suffering from her prolapse for the last three years before going to Soddo Christian Hospital. She returned home a new woman, transformed by the grace of God and by the generous support of all of you.

Amarech is 45 years old and she and her husband had four children. Her prolapse had also been present for three years before arriving at SCH. Like Aster, she returned home a new woman, able to go to bed knowing that her days of prolapse are behind her. Thank you!

Surgical Success Stories - #441-450!

Ayikale is 55, widowed and has given birth to six children with five still alive. She had been suffering from her prolapse for two years before finally going to the clinic and getting the help that she needed. She is now home resting and recovering. (no photo available)

Tayome is raising eight children on her own. She’s been suffering from her prolapse for the past three years and is now prolapse free!

Ufule is 55, married, and has three living children after giving birth to two others as well. Her prolapse had been present for seven years before coming to see the doctors. She’s recovering nicely after her surgery.

Tanebe’s was a challenging case. Although her prolapse had been present for only three years it had become worse than all of the other patients that the doctors saw at the same time. She’s 60 years old, lives with her husband and they have seven children together. Dr. Sarah did a great job performing her surgery and she should be able to rejoin her family in a couple of days.

Ukume is 69 years old. She has given birth to nine children and eight are still alive. She noticed her prolapse about ten years ago and is now prolapse free like the others.

Ayelech is only 30 years old. She has given birth to five children but only two have survived. She’s married and has been suffering from her prolapse for the past year. Her surgery went very smoothly and she’s now resting and recovering.

Zenebech is widowed and has given birth to seven children. She’s had her prolapse for the last year but is now prolapse free and resting at home!

Amarech was brought to the hospital by her daughter. She’s widowed and has seven living children after giving birth to eight. When she left for home she was smiling and so pleased with her surgery!

Alemitu, who is 50, came from two hours away to see the doctors.. She had heard from a friend about the program and was so happy that she had made the trip! She’s also widowed and have given birth to four children. Her prolapse had been bothering her over the last six years and she’s now ready to make the journey home.

Konjit is 38 years old and has given birth to four children. She will celebrate when she returns home to her husband after her recovery!

Surgical Success Stories - #431-440!

Tadelech is 50 years old, married and has four children. Her surgery was a bit of a marathon lasting 2.5 hours but the end result was well worth the effort!

Eyamu had suffered with her prolapse for the past six years before arriving in Soddo. She’s widowed and has given birth to five girls! Her youngest daughter came in with her and will return with her in a couple of days. Her smile was even bigger after her surgery!

Bizanech is a 50 year old woman who has given birth to nine children, and eight of them have survived. She’s married and had been suffering from her prolapse over the last four years before yesterday when she was finally relieved of that burden. Her surgery went very nicely and is now at home.

Mame is 69 years old, widowed and taken care of by her oldest son who is one of five children. Her prolapse had been present for three years but is now a thing of the past. The newest OB/GYN at Soddo Christian Hospital, Dr. Sarah Turner, was able to perform her surgery and did an excellent job!

Amate is 69 years old, has 2 children and is widowed. For the last four years this had been a constant bother to her but is now behind her!

Ayane is 55 and is also widowed. She has actually given birth to 12 children and they are amazingly all still alive! Her prolapse had been going on for three years and she is now prolapse free and at home.

Bekelech is 40 years old and lives with her husband. She has given birth to six children who are still alive and her prolapse had been bothering her for eight years - a very long time! She’s now recovering nicely.

Zenebch has been bothered by her prolapse for 14 YEARS! This is close to a record for the doctors, especially for how young she is. She’s only 35 and has given birth to eight children who are all still alive. Hopefully she and her husband can now enjoy their lives and their children prolapse free!

Bethlehem is only 18 years old and has a very unique story. Here is what Dr. Nate wrote to us about her:

“She first noticed the prolapse about 10 months ago and it’s truly a mystery how and why someone so young without any children and not even married can have such severe prolapse. Our challenge was to fix her prolapse while preserving her ability to have children. We did some research and also talked with Dr. Mark who is back in the States and performed a novel surgery that we feel will give her excellent results. It went extremely smoothly and we’re very hopeful for her future. I’m looking forward to the day where she gets married and starts to have children. I might have to send an update to y’all about that when that happens!”

Bizunesh, who is 55 years old, has had six children who are all alive. Her surgery went well and both she and is now home and prolapse free!

Surgical Success Stories - #421-430!

Demekech (no photo available) is widowed, has eight children and, like many of the patients, she only had her prolapse for a year but it had become quite severe. She had a successful surgery and has returned home!

Mengiste was sent to the hospital from her church. She is married and has delivered ten children, eight of them are still living. She has suffered from severe prolapse for two years but is now recovering well and very happy! Thank you for making this happen.

Birhanesh says that she is 55 (probably more likely her mid 60s) and was pregnant 12 (yes, 12) times, has given birth to 10 children with eight still being alive. After a year of dealing with her prolapse she is now leaving a new woman!

Lantore is 60 year old, married and had eight children, five of whom are still alive. She’s had her prolapse for the past eight years. Her surgery was challenging but the end result was good and she’s prolapse free!

Batiru is from a village 100 km away from the hospital but because of its remote location and tribal violence, it took her two days to travel. Her son, one of her seven children, brought her. She’s widowed and lives with one of her children. Her surgery went very smoothly!

Mebrat is only 35 years old but had developed very severe prolapse over the last year after giving birth to four children. She’s married and they were both in agreement that it was time to fix her prolapse and to thank God for the children that He had blessed them with. Her surgery took quite some time but went very smoothly and she’s now recovering very well.

Amarech is at least 50 years old. She’s married and she and her husband enjoy the six living children that they have. She’s so grateful for this great gift that she was able to receive today.

Ayelech is 50 years old, widowed and was brought in by her oldest son, who is one of three of her living children after giving birth to seven. She’s faced a daily struggle for the last three years but is now free of prolapse. She has returned home a new and changed woman.

Askele is married with three living children after giving birth to seven. Her surgery went well and she’ll has been able to return to her family.

Amale is 50 years old, widowed and had very severe prolapse until her surgery. She has given birth to seven children and six have survived. She has returned to her village with a new lease on life.

Surgical Success Stories - #411-420!

Alane is 48 and widowed with five children after losing two others. Her prolapse had been present for four years. She’s been resting today and recovering well after her surgery.

Banche is also 48 and has been pregnant 10 times but only has two living children. She’s widowed and has been suffering for five years. She’s now prolapse free and will be returning home a new woman.

Talagore is 54 and separated from her husband. She has three living children after giving birth to three others as well. Her surgery went extremely well!

Meselech came to the hospital with a six year history of suffering from her prolapse. She’s married and has delivered five children with another having died early in childhood. She will be returning home a new woman.

Workinesh is 50 years old and married. She has given birth to five children and they are all still alive and doing well. Her prolapse had been going on for three years but she is now prolapse free and recovering nicely.

Neyime is 75 (one of the oldest patients that we know of) and her husband is still alive. She has had ten children, ALL of whom are still alive! She’s had her prolapse for three years and is so happy to be prolapse free.

Abaynesh is 45, widowed and has five living children after another passed away some time ago. She’s had her prolapse for the past two years and is recovering after having a very successful surgery.

Embulu is 50 years old, widowed and has given birth to six children. She first noticed her prolapse three years ago but it is now a thing of the past as she rests and recovers.

Biranesh is widowed and has given birth to six children but only five have survived. She’s suffered from her prolapse over the last three years but is now prolapse free! Her surgery went very smoothly and she’s now recovering.

Aynate says she’s 45 but is more likely in her mid to late 50’s. She’s suffered from her prolapse over the last year and is now prolapse free. She’s now widowed and has four children. She will travel home after her recovery next a changed woman!

Surgical Success Stories - #401-410!

Ayelech is 45 and widowed. She has four children and her prolapse had been a problem for the past three years but is now a thing of the past!

Terunesh has delivered six children, five of whom are still living. She had suffered from prolapse for four years and now she is doing very well and is so grateful… even if the doctors couldn’t get a smile captured for her photo!

Asnakech, who has a great smile in spite of losing her husband last month, has suffered from prolapse for the past three years. She underwent her surgery and did very well.

Thank you so very much for helping her have joy.

Mulenesh underwent her 4th degree prolapse surgery after suffering with a severe prolapse for the past three years.. She is a widow and had been pregnant 11 times delivering 10 children, seven of whom are still living. Thank you so very much for your contributions and helping treat women like Mulenesh.

Meet Ukume who is married and has delivered 11 children, eight of which are still living. She has suffered from prolapse for two and a half years. She is so grateful to be done with this condition!

Tadelech is married and has delivered seven children, five of whom are living. She is also very grateful no longer to have this problem as she has had prolapse for one year.

Terefech is married and she has delivered four children; three of them are still living. She has suffered from severe prolapse for greater than three years and is now free of it!

Minase is a widow who has delivered six children, all of whom are living. She had terrible prolapse but now has a new lease on life. Thank you!

Ayelech is married and has 7 children. She’s 42 years old and has only had her prolapse for four months and did a great job in coming in to see the doctors quickly, therefore her prolapse wasn’t as severe as some of the others.

Bekelech is widowed and has three living children after giving birth to five. Her prolapse had been present for four years. But, she is now prolapse free and recovering nicely.

Surgical Success Stories - CELEBRATING #400!

Dinkinesh is 50 years old and it is our honour to say that she is the 400th woman to have her prolapse surgery sponsored by Mothers With a Heart for Ethiopia! She and her husband have eight children and her prolapse had been troubling her for the past eight years. Appropriately, she is definitely one of the most colourfully dressed patients that the doctors have treated in a while!

Surgical Success Stories - #390-399!

Adalech said that she had noticed her prolapse for only three months but it had become quite severe. She’s 45 years of age, married, and has six living children after giving birth to seven. Her surgery went well and has now been able to return to her family.

Askale is a precious woman from who came in with her husband. They have five children together and three of them are still alive. She had been having difficulty with her prolapse over the past five years and now she wakes up prolapse free for the first time in a long time!

Bintile is 50 years old and was accompanied by her husband who helped her raise their three children after two others died earlier in life. She first noticed her prolapse five months before seeing the doctors and it had not yet become severe. It’s always easier for us to correct a smaller problem rather than a bigger one. Her surgery went well and she’s now recovering at home.

Zenabech is only 30 years old and her prolapse was quite severe - it had started about three years ago. She is married and has given birth to four children, three of them have survived. Her surgery ended well and she’s now recovering.

Asheke is 45 years old and widowed. Her prolapse had been going on for about a year after having given birth to seven children, six of whom are still alive. Her surgery went well also and is thankful to be free of her prolapse!

Tereza is 46 years old and from Bucamma. She’s still married but estranged from her husband. She has had eight children and they are all still alive, thankfully! She had suffered from her propose for only one year but it had become quite severe. Thank you for helping Tereza!

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Ukume Maze is 65, widowed and has given birth to 11 children (yes - 11 children!) and nine of them are still alive. Her prolapse had been going on for six years and was also quite severe. She is now free from prolapse thanks to our donors and the great work of the doctors and staff!

Marta Folla is 40 years old and is married with five children. She’s been struggling with her prolapse over the last six years and is now prolapse free and recovering at home.

Getare is 65 years old and is widowed. She has five children and she had been experiencing her prolapse for six years. Her prolapse, however, was quite severe and required a much different surgery. It went smoothly and she is now recovering at home.

Almaz is 40 years old and married. She has had seven children and six are still living. Her prolapse had become quite severe over the last four years but she is now prolapse free and recovering nicely. Thank you!

Surgical Success Stories - Eshale, Lamote & Amarech! (#387-389)

Eshale is a 55-year-old widow who has given birth to five children. She’s been suffering for the past 10 years with some very severe prolapse but she is now healed and prolapse free!

Lamote is 60 years old. She’s widowed and has given birth to eight children, six of whom are still alive. She’s has also had her prolapse for the past 10 years! Her surgery went well and is now at home. Thank you for making such a difference in her life!

Amarech has been dealing with her prolapse for about a year and partly because of it her husband has left her. She lives with her five children. Her surgery was challenging but the end result was worth it. She’s now recovered and back at home.