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Survived part 3

The day came. This time,I walked to d theatre.I wasn't scared anymore & I felt stronger.I was glad to be walking around alone after spending several months laying down, sitting, walking with help. There were several doctors and nurses in the theatre,they were all nice. I was lying on the surgical bed,naked (shame don comot my face since). One of the older doctors joking said"Shey na big girl una strip like this"He asked a nurse to check my bp,after that I saw her injecting something(General Anastasia,I think)into the drip I was taking. The older doctor(the consultant)asked me to sing for them. I started singing.I woke up 5 hours later with that song on my lips(felt like it was immediately). It took time for my eyes to clear but when they opened,I saw my family.They surrounded my bed.Then d pain came,not just the hand now but my thigh too.It was the donor site for the graft. Meanwhile all the pain relief drug I had been taking didn't work on me. From th...

Survived part 2

I would ask God to take my life. How would I face my peers/friends with one hand. We met his colleague who said he cud handle it but the money involved no be here o. Mum said no wahala, so long as this hand doesn't go i entered d theatre (2nd time) the next day for debriding and reconstructive surgery (so they said). They said I refused to shut my mouth during the surgery.I was misyarning, saying all sorts. They said I even said I don't want to die yet. The effect of d Anastasia tho'.I regained full consciousness later towards d evening. I was out of the theatre by  then. My  face was healing, so the surgery was just for the hand.3days later, the wound was opened amidst my  screaming it  was all red and I was in pains, tears but I smiled. There was life in my hand. I had hope then they brought honey & rubbed all over it. Screaming part 2 that was the day I knew that as sweet as honey is,it can also b very  painful. My  grandma came that morning....

Survived part 1

November,2012. We had just left home;very early in d morning. Haven't driven up to 10mins when it happened..I saw the ditch,we were just at d edge I was about to say"daddy,we're very close to d gutter o" but I never did because the car was already inside it. It all happened so fast the way I was screaming Jesus! trying to climb out of d car,asking my brother if he was ok. I looked at daddy,he was still in shock, then my brother started screaming"Jesus!Uche,see ur hand o".That was when I looked at my right hand,that was when the pains came,the smell of d blood from my hand,my face. I was weak,my head felt heavy,my vision was fading then I fell I could hear people gathering,talking,screaming but I couldn't see them i heard daddy begging someone (a keke driver) to take us to d hospital but he refused."the blood is too much",he said. A bike man later agreed(God bless him for me)My brother was carrying me while on d bike"You'll b fine...