Chronicle Of HOPE 15

Sometimes,it looks all bleak but whose report will you believe?

MOTHER OF HIRSCHPRUNGS BABY TELLS HIS STORY OF SURVIVAL DESPITE DOCTORS REPORT.....

OK let me first say here I read your blog at least 3 times everyday refreshing the stories for news one and yes my favourites are the chronicle of hopes the in house news. And the narratives as well. In fact some weeks ago in the in house news someone posted a job for an accountant with acca in view, I sent to my friend and she got the job she is due to start on the 1st of April. Thank you to whoever posted that,You would enjoy working with my friend.

Ok to my chronicle of Hope, after reading the story about a girl whose mother got healed. I couldn't help think someone out there would benefit from mine. I have wanted to send my story in for ages but hey here it is now.

I got married in 2011 and got pregnant immediately! I mean God is good isn't he?. Having studied and lived in England all my life ,my sisters felt I go back to birth my baby there I wasn't so keen on it but I wasn't working and hubby encouraged. I never knew God was setting a pace for what was to happen.‎ 

My pregnancy was extremely free of all problems, no stress, no sickness even my Dr's were always commenting on how healthy I was. Ok! 

40 weeks came, went and no sign of the baby so I was scheduled to be induced at 41 weeks and 6 days. It all still felt ok while in hospital I went in on a saturday. My mum called around 3am and asked us to pray which I obliged....

 from Saturday to Monday afternoon all inducing drugs didn't work, I didn't even go past 1cm dilation by this time my baby was distressed and  I was as well. 

By Monday morning mum called and said she was on her way till London and prayed by the time she landed baby would have been born but for where! 

I wasn't even feeling pain so I had to be given drips to induce starting at 10pm mum came straight from the airport we prayed all night and I had the epidurals and all however by the time I was checked at 7am tuesday I had not passed 5cm! So the Dr said if by 11am I was still at same I I'll be given an emergency c section. By 11 I was still at 5cm and was wheeled in a rush to the theatre and to the glory of God by 11:25 my son was born ...

Waooow such a big relief we all thought. Fast-forward to two days which happened to be my birthday. I complained my son was sleeping like 20hrs not feeding and still hadn't passed the mecomium plug and we were all worried ..

To cut it all short the pediatricians wheeled him for an xray na dia devil wait for me oo! They realized food wasn't passing down so his bowels ,xray showed excessive gas towards the rectum! 

It was a nightmare! Before my eyes a healthy son became ill, he was taken straight to ICU while I was still hurting from my CS. Before I knew it they took him to another children's hospital. I told God this wasn't his plan and there all the surgeons poked and prodded my baby like a specimen he had biopsys and much more. By the time we got there he was passing poop well so I asked if I could take him home but for where! 

Nightmare!

 They refused me to take my son until all results came out clean so that was how I ended up naming my child in the hospital and giving him his first bath! Oh I prayed and prayed. My mum and I slept on hospital chairs for a week. And YES to my greatest fear the test said he had Short segment hirschprungs disease! 

Kilon je be my mum said. Lai lai it can't be this boy is pooping now. But hey the tests were therE. They said he would not eat would not gain weight and for them to correct it he would need surgery and need to gain at least 6kg at most! 

We called naija ,see prayers ,see different methods! True to form he stopped pooping. After a few days I resorted to using a 12m tube into my son's anus and using saline water to pump his poo out oh I cried to God oo  but God knows what he is doing , baba up there knows too much. We should never question him.

Every week I took my son for a scale in he would have added like 1.5kg he was eating so well adding weight so the the nurses questioned what I fed him. Each time I told them na God in fact the surgery date was brought forward cause of progress ,he beat all their odds  And they were confused! 

The only sign was he no de poop! To the Glory of God the surgery date came and they told me they expected the worst and if they realized bowel is in bad condition they would give him a stomach I say lai lai God would be the ultimate surgeon ,the Dr look me shake head. 

The surgery lasted 7hrs on a 7week old child! I stand to testify that my son only had less than 10percent of his bowels affected so it was smooth and the Dr's noted it wasn't as bad as they thought! The past two years have been battles with constipation here and there like any normal child but waoow if you see my son you won't know ,that boy na Godwin! 

He can dance pass psquare put together sings more than usher all together, I thank God. Our Dr here in Nigeria said yes hirschprungs happens in naija well but cause of late detection most kids die and some have perforated intestines and go into shock.

 I thank God that for mine not to say those who give birth in naija are not lucky but if not for God where would I be? ‎ Should I also say the devil tries us ooo but we shouldnt fail! 

I remember my days of saline water washouts and I used to cry and pray confessing that I would not carry a dead body back home to naija that my child would set his feet in his home and God answered me! 

So if you a mother out there and you have a sick baby,don't falter, it's not a death sentence at all! Make sure whatever your Dr tells you,you research and be enlightened .read up always the good the bad and the ugly. 

My Son to the glory of God overcame all the challenges with post surgery and today I have a healthy Boy! I hope one day I'll have an NGO that would support mothers, father's and kids born with hirschprungs in Nigeria. 

To see my baby poop gives me joy! And trust me I have seen all the types of poop. Thank you 

 I hope my story touched someone out there.

Thank God for you!