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!

Surgical Success Stories - Aregash, Mutare and Almaz (#232, #233, #234)

Aregash is 60 years old and has had six children, five of whom are still alive. She is married and travelled with two of her sons to receive care. She’s had prolapse for four years and the doctors were able to completely address her surgical needs.

Mutare is 60 years of age. She has had eight children and six of them are still alive. She’s suffered from prolapse for the past year. Her husband is still alive but has another wife and they do not see each other regularly. Her surgery went extremely well and she is now free of prolapse.

Almaz is 55 years old. She has had six children and all but one are alive. She lives with her husband and has had very severe prolapse for the last three years. She is now free of her prolapse and recovering well. Thank you for your generosity!

Surgical Success Stories - Genet, Askalech and Mounone (#229, #230, #231)

Genet is only 30 years old and only has one child.  She’s suffered from severe prolapse for three years and desires more children. She was crying in clinic saying how prolapse has ruined her life and she couldn’t leave her home or go to other people’s houses.  She was SO happy to have surgery and is so grateful for your support.  This surgery has literally changed her life!

Askalech is 45 years old.  She has five children and lives with her husband.  She’s suffered from prolapse for one year and has now had a successful surgery.  She is now free of her prolapse!

Mounone, who is 60, has had prolapse for eight years. She is widowed and had six children, 3 of whom are still alive. Her oldest son accompanied her (this is common in Ethiopia where the oldest son bares a lot of family responsibility) and she successfully underwent a definitive prolapse surgery today. Thank you for your support!

Surgical Success Stories - Abebech, Azelech and Gistane (#226, #227, #228)

Abebech has suffered from prolapse for four years. She is married and had a large cystocele. She was pregnant seven times and has delivered seven children who are all living. Thank you for helping her!

Azelech is only 30 years old, has been pregnant six times and all of her children are living. She has had 3rd° prolapse for 18 months since the delivery of her sixth child and now she has received her life-changing surgery at Soddo Christian Hospital.

Gistane is a widow who has been pregnant 12 times. Eight of her children are living. She has suffered from prolapse for 13 years. She is so grateful to have this taken care of. She sends her blessings to all of you and wishes you all long lives.

Surgical Success Story - Tewabech is #225

Tewabech is only 35 and has had severe prolapse for about a year.  She only has one child and wants to have one more so many of the surgeries that Drs. Mark and Nate do were not appropriate for her.  However, they were able to perform a surgery that addressed her prolapse and still allow her to have children. We trust that she and her husband will be blessed with another child!

Surgical Success Stories - #222, #223, #224

Shongite is a widow who has delivered nine children. Sadly, only three are still living. She has suffered from prolapse for three years and also had a very large ulceration from her prolapse. It is so wonderful that she is free from her prolapse now!

Amarech is married and has been pregnant 10 times and delivered nine children, six of whom are still living. She has had severe prolapse for three years and she has now had a successful surgery to correct this problem.

Mengeste is married and has suffered with prolapse for eight years. She has delivered nine children, six of whom are living. She actually had prolapse with her last three pregnancies. Thank you so much for making such a difference in these women’s lives!

Surgical Success Stories - #217-221

Endile Shafa is 45 years old and has suffered from prolapse for four years. She lives with her husband and her five children. She has been pregnant eight times. They work as farmers both growing crops and taking care of livestock. Dr. Nate is making sure that she takes some time off as she heals.

Bizunesh Arigado has delivered eight children and six are still living. She has suffered from prolapse for two years and is very happy not to have this problem anymore!

Mazagabe is married and has been pregnant ten times. She has delivered eight children and six of them are living. Thank you for the difference you have made by sponsoring her surgery!

Askale has suffered from prolapse for three years. She has delivered nine children, six of which are still living. She is now free of prolapse.

Askale Tamalo has suffered from prolapse for six years. She is married but not living with her husband. She has been pregnant eight times and five of them are living. Thank you for making such a difference in her life.

Surgical Success Stories - #211-216

Mulunesh has delivered eight children; six are alive. She is married and has had severe prolapse for over two years. She is very grateful not to have this problem now thanks to you!

Workinesh is married and has delivered four children but only one of them are living at this time. She has had prolapse for eight years and is also very grateful not to have this condition any more.

Malime is married and has been pregnant 11 times. She delivered 10 children of whom eight are living. She has suffered from prolapse for eight years and has now had a successful surgery!

Meskale is 55 year old, widowed, and lives with two of her grandchildren. She has two living children and three that have passed away. She has had prolapse for three years and now she no longer has any prolapse concerns.

Turungay is only 35 years old. She’s had prolapse for four years after giving birth to her last child. She had five children but only two are living and she lives with them as well as her husband who is a farmer.  She was so happy to have her prolapse taken care of by your kind generosity.

Belame is 50 years of age., widowed and lives with one of her five children.  She had one child who passed away.  She’s had prolapse for four years and now she is freed from that problem.

Surgical Success Stories - #207-210

Maselech is married and has four children. She has had prolapse for one year and has now undergone surgery.

Tegesech is 30 years old, married and has a six-month-old baby who is with her in the hospital. She has four living children and has suffered from prolapse for six to seven years. 

Addis has delivered six children and five are living. She has quite the sense of humour as you can tell by her picture. She has suffered from prolapse for three years and is married. 

Malena is married and has been pregnant seven times but only four of her children are living. She has had prolapse for one year and thanks to your generosity, she is now prolapse free!