Mphatso Discharged!

Hello Everyone, Here is the latest update about Mphatso, with photos and videos included. On January 11, AHA Program Manager Angela and AHA Volunteer Jonathan visited Mphatso and his mother Aida at the Mercy James Hospital in Malawi. Mphatso had been there for well over six weeks following surgery #2a, then receiving treatment for a post-surgery infection, and finally receiving surgery #2b to close the open wound on his head from surgery #2a…

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Mphatso Case Update

In February 2022, Mphatso and his father traveled to Blantyre so Mphatso could undergo tests to receive an official diagnosis. The doctors and specialists at Mercy James determined Mphatso suffers from arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), which happens when a group of blood vessels form incorrectly. The arteries and veins are tangled and form direct connections instead of connecting through capillaries as they should to bypass normal tissue. It was discovered that Mphatso had two veins feeding the growth.

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Patient Spotlight: Charity

On the outside, Liznet’s goiter and Charity’s growth looked very similar, so the women believed that Charity’s condition could be treated as Liznet’s was. When surgeons examined Charity, however, they found that the growth on her neck was actually a tumor on the inside of her throat, not a goiter. Doctors did a biopsy on the tumor, and unfortunately the results came back cancerous. Charity was told there was nothing more they could do for her, and she continued to experience intense suffering from the continuously narrowing passageway of her throat.

We refused to give up that easily.

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