Farouk Kibet. [Courtesy]
For eleven years, Jennifer Khasoa Barasa has lived through a prolonged medical ordeal marked by repeated hospital visits, mounting costs and dwindling hope as she sought treatment for a debilitating leg condition.
The 32-year-old from Malava, Kakamega County, has been moving from one health facility to another since 2014 after developing lymphoedema, a chronic condition that caused persistent swelling in her right leg following a surgical procedure while she was still in college.
“I was born healthy and lived a normal life until 2014 while in college, when I underwent surgery on the right groin. Two months after the operation, I developed swelling in the right lower limb, which persisted,” she said.
Doctors later confirmed she was suffering from lymphoedema, a long-term condition caused by a malfunction of the lymphatic system, leading to fluid build-up in tissues, most commonly in the arms or legs.
