Recho’s surgery was successful, but one day after surgery, she developed hypocalcemia. She is still receiving treatment and medical observation, but her symptoms are improving and she is on the road to recovery.

She says, “I was really worried about what would happen during the surgery but God is great.”

Recho's surgery was successful, but one day after surgery, she developed hypocalcemia. She is still receiving treatment and medical observat...

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June 13, 2017

Recho is a 39-year-old farmer from Kenya who plants maize and beans. She lives with her husband and four children.

In 2000, Recho started to experience heart palpitations and insomnia. She decided to visit the hospital where the doctors presumed that the symptoms were due to her pregnancy. She was given some medication and it got better. Later thatCategory: Random Thoughts

How are the United States and other developed nations supposed to help when we’ve shut down our economies? As many fathers scream at their children, “Money doesn’t grow on trees!”

Born and raised in Brazil’s drought-ridden northeast, she moved with her partner to Rio de Janeiro in 2018, in search of work. He was hired as a janitor; she began selling meals on the street, and soon they were bringing in $280 a month — enough to start saving to one day build a house back home.

The novel coronavirus pushed that dream out of reach. Lima, who has diabetes and heart problems, putting her at higher risk of dying if she contracts the virus, stopped working once the pandemic took hold in her sprawling slum, known as