#6 Hope

Grady, Denise, "After a devistating birth injury, Hope". Feburary 23 2009. March 19 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/health/24hospital.html

In Tanzania, two teenage girls are suffering very much, and themselves, and people all around them are having hope for them to get better. They both were pregnant and were in labor around the same time, both in labor for days. only to end up with a dead child. since the labor was so long, it inflicted a dreadful injury on the mothers. an internal wound called fistula. this is when there is an prolonged labor occurs. mostly when the child is to big to go through the"birth canal" when the baby dies, and most of the time so does the mother or they will produce a fistula. they both had 2 painful operations by 2 different doctors and both failed. they recently had another operation done, and they are hoping the best for it