Elizabeth first thought she had a mere cold that would go away. But after trying many cough syrups for months all in vain, she was eventually diagnosed with TB at the MSF clinic on Juja road. This was the beginning of her strenuous road battling this killer disease which mutated from Multi Drug Resistant TB or (MDR TB) to Extensive Drug Resistant TB, or XDR-TB  

 “During my MDR TB treatment which included very painful injections for 8months and a cocktail of tablets, I was advised to bring my son for screening and he turned out positive too for MDR TB. I was very stressed and sad. He was weak but after taking the medications for around 7 months, he started becoming better. And now, he is back to school. I am extremely happy. This was different for me though: after 5 months, it became clear that the drugs were not working on me. It was very challenging and sometimes I cried wondering why this disease has attacked me.”