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Twelve-year-old Susan lives with her single mother and five siblings in Olympic, a neighbourhood of Nairobi plagued by poverty and violence.
Casual jobs are the family’s only source of income, and Susan’s mother tries her best to make ends meet for her family. A few months ago, a chronic skin ulcer developed from a broken ulcer on the front of her shin. This failed to heal and led to a very painful, slowly increasing swelling of the leg.
Diagnosis: Destructive, chronic osteomyelitis of the left tibia with a pathological fracture of the lower part of the bone!
Susan is therefore no longer able to walk – neither to her ‘informal school’ (lay teaching organised by local residents for the poorest of the poor), nor along the dusty, dirty streets of her neighbourhood to sell roasted maize on the cob for hours on end.
A nightmare scenario?! No: thanks to your donations, the impending amputation of her lower leg was averted and Susan has been able to lead a normal life.
Tulisa would like to thank all donors!
Last week, we received the following update on Susan from our nurse in Nairobi:
Hi friends,
Greetings from Africa. Hope you are all well.
I would once again like to update you on this patient’s progress. She went for a check-up on Monday and the Ex-fix was removed. She now has a cast, as shown above, which we hope will be removed in six weeks’ time.
The girl and her whole family are so happy and have asked me to pass on their heartfelt thanks to you.
Thanks,
Dotty