Aunt Diop, her real name is Seynabou Ndione, went to the doctor today in Diamniadio with the little bit of money her family collected. They referred her to the Hospital Fann in Dakar, the capital. That hospital is where Ngone and I visited a Peace Corps volunteer last year working on a garden in the AIDS clinic and psychiatry ward.
We sent over the $95 by Moneygram. Ngone's brother will pick it up tomorrow morning (it's almost morning there right now this evening in Alaska). Ngone talked with her mother this morning and made arrangements for getting Seynabou to the hospital and encouraged her to get the operation as soon as possible. Seynabou almost fainted getting home from the doctor in Diamniadio today. Ngone spoke with another friend in Senegal whose mother had a similar health problem and said that if you don't get operated on you will die. Scary. Apparently her stomach is bulging out and she is still bleeding.
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With all the well wishes, cards, and flowers I'd received while going through my own surgeries, only seems fair to pay it forward. I hope all works out well for her.
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