DAY 18

It’s been Six good years now that she departed from this world. She was so beautiful, had this beautiful smile like her father, she was wonderfully born BUT death could not let her enjoy her parent, who is she? She was my daughter

November 30,2011 was the day she was given birth to, I was there when she was pulled out from blood, looking so cute and beautiful, the joy of been a father overwhelmed me, I carried her and placed her beside her mum so she can breast feed her. It was a day of joy for me but little did I know that the joy is limited to 18days.

The saga started the following day when the doctor said she had respiratory distress so she had to be placed under oxygen for observation. I was devastated with that information but I was strong for her. The following day she was referred to the University College Hospital where the whole issue got worse. At UCH, she was taken to the ICU where she was for four days, she went through several test, several analysis and the rest but of all my angel went through, she was with a beautiful smile and this was where I found my courage all through those trying times.
She was taken to the ward after considering she is a bit better not knowing it was about going so worse. We christened her in the hospital and her name was Erioluwa Phebe, all this time she smiles more than she cries. The unfortunate struck when the doctor came and said, she had Sepsis, I was mad and ask God what was all this, He didn’t respond because I asked in annoyance but He was listening all through the whole journey and of course, He was watching, He is not a bad God but a very good God. My angel was transfused the first time, second time, third time to the fifth time until the doctor called and said Mister, do not spend any money again but be praying, here we have spent nothing less than #400,000, did I say #400,000, yeah, that is the one I can account for.

The tragedy, we took pictures together on my birthday, on that she gave me a signal that dad, I am going but I am coming back, three days after my birthday (18th December), she looked into my eyes and was smiling, she closed it and gave up the ghost. Please join me in remembering her today, though she is gone but her memory is still fresh.

DAY 18