Christine is a 15 year old girl who suffered extensive burns to her arms, face and torso when the paraffin she was using to light the stove spilt on her clothes and caught alight. She has undergone multiple surgeries including skin grafts and contracture release. We met Christine when she was admitted to Hope Ward after her most recent contracture release.
Christine has severely restricted range of movement and weakness of the muscles at her right shoulder, elbow and neck. She is attending physiotherapy twice a week for rehabilitation. Christine’s mother stays at home to look after her brothers and sisters and her father has retired from work in the public service.
Christine has recently moved in with her aunt so she can attend a night class in computer skills and hopes to return to school next year. She wishes to be able to return to helping her mother by cooking a meal for her family and fetching water from the well.
