Nixon Abuya in his hospital bed at St Paul’s Hospital in Homa Bay Town on December 17, 2020. [James Omoro, Standard]
In July last year, Nixon Abuya began feeling fatigued, lost his appetite but instead of a shrinking girth, he noted that his tummy was growing bigger and more painful as days went by.
“I thought it was a case of ulcers and treated it as such until I decided to seek a doctor’s opinion after three weeks of severe discomfort which now included vomiting blood, passing bloody stool, and swelling of the legs,” he says.
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