Sister Irene has sent us a number of case studies for patients recently treated in Hope Ward:
BT a 5 year old boy came to Hope Ward with a swollen abdomen. This problem started in July 2006.
His mother had sought treatment from different hospitals but could not find a solution. With the continuous swelling of the abdomen, BT started to refuse food and gradually began losing weight. Later he developed persistent excruciating pain around the umbilicus.
Later on he was brought to the Hope Ward and ultrasound scan and endoscopy investigations were done. Finally he was operated on by the surgeon and went home happy and better again.
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MM a 14 year old teenager and orphan was brought to Hope Ward following 3 years of agony. A year ago he had been diagnosed with a kind of cancer called rhabdomyosarcoma in his mouth and had been to various hospitals seeking help and solution to his problem.
From then he was started on chemotherapy but along the way the family could not afford continuity of treatment and they stopped.
Unfortunately, the cancer became aggressive and soon he started getting difficulty in swallowing and had a risk of having a blocked air passage. So by the time he came to Hope Ward his Aunt had completely lost hope and was desperate for help.
For the risk of blocking the airway a tracheostomy tube (artificial airway device) was inserted by the ENT surgeon around the neck region to facilitate his breathing. From that several baseline investigations were done to prepare him for chemotherapy.
Today he has able to get his chemotherapy and is so happy and hopeful.
