Though it's easy to get lady's names and faces mixed up, one in awhile there is one who really sticks out in my memory. We met one "old grandma" a few months ago. She seemed rather stoney and pushy and "demanded" about when the doctor was coming to do her surgery (the Hausa grammar doesn't allow for questions to be asked more "politely", and most Hausa speakers have quite a rough tone of voice). I didn't follow up much with her over her course of stay, but then a few weeks ago we sat down with her and heard her story. She looks like she's at least 60, but she knows neither her age now, what age she was when she got married, nor how long it's been since she got married. But she knows that she was leaking urine for 44 years. And now she's leaking no longer!! She was excited to whip up her ankle length skirts and show off her dry legs. I can't even imagine what her life has been like, but I am so honoured to have been part of a centre who has opened up to her a new chapter in her ageless life.
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