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40-year-old wound that refuses to heal

At three years of age, a ‘plague’ invaded Felistus Kavindu’s life denying her a budding childhood and consuming her blissful youth. Now it is threatening to gobble up her entire existence.

For 40 years, the bandages on her left leg have been a trademark that she uses to cover a wound, which reared its ugly head in childhood.

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