A girl suffering from a rare type of cancer, that has left her face deformed, will be treated free of charge at KNH.
Muansia Lenjoye, 18, was helped after The Star reported her medical condition.
Her mother Silipan sought divine intervention through a pastor for the growth that started in the jaw.
Muansia
dropped out of school two years ago after she was overwhelmed by the Rhabdomyosarcoma. This is a type of cancer made up of cells that
develop into skeletal muscles.
A CT scan conducted on Thursday showed the deformity resulted from an extensive tumor that the girl has lived with for the last year.
“The results show the tumor has severely destroyed her upper left jaw and extended to her left eye. Luckily it has not penetrated the skull," said
Edwin Rono who is oral and cranio – maxillofacial surgeon.
The tumor that occupies half Lenjoye's mouth measures about 11cm.
A 3D image of the cancerous growth that Muansia
Lenjoye has.
Muansia left their home in Nguruman, Kajiado county, at 5:00am on Wednesday and
arrived at the hospital at about 10.30am.
The girl who was with her mother and pastor was very pale, weak and had lost a lot of weight.
"My daughter has not been able to eat. She has only been drinking milk," said Silipan Lenjoye.
She said her daughter had a pimple in the upper jaw which burst open causing a lot of bleeding.
Muansia
was taken to three hospitals, one in Tanzania, where she was diagnosed.
She underwent tests including a
chest x-ray, neck and abdomen ultrasound which showed the tumor had not metastasised to other body parts.
Dr Rono said an institutional biopsy will be conducted to help determine the type of treatment she will receive after surgery.
“For now I cannot quite tell what type of treatment she will be put on but once the biopsy is done we will have a clear path," he said.
"She will undergo facial reconstruction surgery for the left side of her face."
The family cannot afford the high cost of treatment and medication.
Early last year, family friend Joe Sirai connected Muansia's father John Lenjoye to a foreign philanthropist who paid for her surgery in China.
She seemed well after the operation, but a month after arriving from China, the growth grew back – this time much faster.