- Request received01/05/2026
- Checked & confirmed28/06/2026
- FundraisingOngoing28/06/2026
- Treatment provided
- Invoice paid
- Case closed
Why is treatment sometimes done earlier than the payment?
When a case is urgent and vital, hospitals often proceed with delivering medical care right away to save a life, even before the finalisation of admission procedures. Usually, when this happens, hospitals put the bill on our credit until the funds are transferred to their accounts. That’s why the chronology can sometimes be in disorder.
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Merceline A., 21
FundraisingUrgentDigestion system
24
$2735
About digestion system
An exploratory laparotomyfor intestinal obstruction secondary to volvulus is a critical emergency procedure performed when the bowel has twisted around its own mesenteric attachment causing a closed-loop obstruction and cuttingoff bloodsupply. An exploratory laparotomy secondary to a stomaleak is a serious emergency surgical procedure performed to address the leakage of bowel contents (fecal matter or urine) into the abdominal cavity. Malabsorption is a condition where the small intestine cannot properly absorb nutrients vitamins and minerals from food often causing chronic diarrhea, weight loss bloating and fatigue. surgical site infection (SSI) is an infection occurring in the part of the body where surgery was performed
Siaya County Referral Hospital
Along siaya- Rangala road
Background
Merceline is the first born in her family. Due to financial hardship, she dropped out of Form One and depends on her grandparents, who are peasant farmers. Her family learned about Helpster through a medical practitioner from a former partner hospital. Her grandmother reported that Merceline developed severe abdominal pain, abdominal swelling, vomiting, and inability to pass stool for two weeks. Three days before admission, she also had a spontaneous miscarriage at 14 weeks gestation with ongoing mild vaginal bleeding. As her condition worsened, she was first taken to a nearby facility before urgent referral to Siaya County Referral Hospital. She was diagnosed with small bowel volvulus and a left ovarian cyst adhered to the colon and omentum. She underwent emergency laparotomy with bowel resection and anastomosis. After surgery, she developed an anastomotic leak, surgical site infection, malabsorption, and severe anemia requiring prolonged admission, blood transfusions, total parenteral nutrition, infection management, and creation of a stoma to reduce risk of severe sepsis. She has been hospitalized for more than 1 month.
Prognosis
Merceline’s condition is serious but manageable with continued specialized medical care. Following her diagnosis of intestinal obstruction and stoma leak, she underwent an emergency exploratory laparotomy (ex lap) to control the leakage and prevent further contamination of the abdominal cavity. The development of malabsorption and a surgical site infection indicates that her recovery may be prolonged and will require close monitoring and supportive treatment. Currently, she is on total parenteral nutrition (TPN) to ensure that her body receives adequate nutrients while allowing the intestines and surgical wound time to heal. Regular wound dressing and infection management are important in preventing further complications and promoting tissue recovery before definitive wound closure surgery can be performed. If Merceline continues responding well to treatment, with improvement in nutritional status, healing of the surgical site, and control of infection, there is a fair chance of gradual recovery. However, because of the severity of her condition and the risk of complications such as recurrent infection, sepsis, poor wound healing, or prolonged malnutrition, her prognosis remains guarded and she will require ongoing surgical follow-up, nutritional support, and careful inpatient management.
