TRUE....BUT FRIGHTENING!

Name: John Kansiime. Age 7 years old. Have a close look at this innocent handsome school boy fighting a lonely battle of his defective health condition.....his urine bladder hanging outside his body! Continue reading the story, he needs your help.

KABALE, UGANDA: The urine bladder of John Kansiime (7) was naturally placed outside of his abdomen since he was born and the innocent-looking  boy is facing the situation bravely but he certainly needs help.

The parents of this boy are simple peasants in Kabale District, Uganda and by quick assessment they cannot afford to take him to the hospital for surgical treatment. This is where Lions Club of Kabale has stepped in and decided to help the distressed young boy. The clubs has embarked on the quick fund-raising campaign and are looking for the initial funding of UShs. 12,000,000/=.

According to the Secretary of the club Lion John Lemuwemba, the boy may have to undergo at least three to four surgical procedures and the initial financial involvement is at least UShs. 12,000,000/=. The medical term of this physical defect is “Bladder Exstrophy” which means the urine bladder is outside of his abdomen, a condition which is of high risk of infection and a great deal of inconvenience to him.

“The situation is more frightening if the boy continues to live with this defect when he turns into an adolescent age,” the Secretary said. He attends primary school like any child but his life is pathetic and not at all like other children. He is at a high risk of infection but the brave boy is putting up the fight with the little help of his equally brave parents. The question is for how long?

The boy and his parents have been assured that they are not alone in this difficult situation. The Secretary, on behalf of Lions Club of Kabale, has sincerely and strongly appealed to other Lions Clubs, intended donors and well-wishers to come forward and help the boy.

“Human suffering in any form is very distressing. Let us unite with “Unity In Service” to give preference to the immediate needs of the communities around us,”  so said the District Governor Lion Wilson Ndesanjo in his goals for the Lionistic Year 2013/2014 published in his Hand Book.

Story by Abdul Hai

(Source L.C. Kabale)