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Difficult Surprises of Obstestric Fistula Treatment

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  Undergoing a fistula reconstructive surgery and healing are two different things. I realised one surgery doesn’t always guarantee healing. When I was newly admitted to the hospital one woman cried bitterly during the ward round when she was told to go home and come back after two months for another surgery. This was her second surgery and the leaking urine had not stopped. She painfully asked me how she would go back home after two months of hospitalization and still leaking urine yet people knew she came for treatment? She struggled to go back home to be a burden to his brother since she was separated from her husband after she lost her baby and developed a fistula. She also closed her business due to fistula. It was better for her to stay in the hospital where she is assured of three meals and two snacks a day, diapers and she doesn’t need to strain herself or bother people to take care of her.  Most women who undergo surgery to deal with leaking urine stay with one, ...
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For Better For Worse

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FOR BETTER FOR WORSE "  I,..., take you, ..., to be my wife (or husband), to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part, according to God's holy law, and this is my solemn  vow " Do you remember when you said these words? I do remember how happy, hopeful, and enthusiastic I was. I looked at the ring on my finger which accompanied the vows with amazement and joy. The bishop who officiated us could see my disbelief and said, “Eva it's real you just did it!” I am now married to the love of my life Moses. The marriage we prayed and waited for is finally here! I remember for the next one month every photo we took had to capture those wedding rings very well. We all have our stories, these words are familiar to most of us and we’ve heard them said severally both before and even after we said them. Many with the dream of getting married still look forward to s...
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