Segun Awolowo, grandchild of
Obafemi Awolowo, former premier of western Nigeria, says the fear of COVID-19
is a killer.
Awolowo said his COVID-19 ordeal
began one Saturday morning when he could not go for his usual walk because of
“extreme fatigue”.
According to him, the fatigue was
“something I had never experienced before in my life”.
The executive director of the
Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) said when he eventually went to see
his doctor, he and his wife were diagnosed of COVID-19.
“Finally, we decided that I
simply had to go to the hospital as I wasn’t getting any better. My wife was
apprehensive because my hospital is First Cardiology Consultants, and they have
not been too popular in the media recently, as the media has chosen to
highlight the unfortunate losses of several high profile personalities while
failing to document that they have an 82 percent survival rate which is higher
than most hospitals in the United Kingdom,” he said while sharing his
experience on Facebook.
“However, I insisted on going
there, as both Dr Adeyemi Johnson and Dr Kofo Ogunyakin have my medical history
and my greatest confidence. Then the shocker! We both tested positive for
COVID-19, my wife was asymptomatic while I was already ill. The doctor looked
worried as he gave us both diagnoses.
“Looking at the doctor’s somehow
downcast and gloomy mien coupled with my brother Sola Braithwaite’s demeanour
who had insisted on accompanying us to the hospital was the moment the fear
came down on me! I strongly believe the fear of this coronavirus is the real
killer.
“Doctor sent us off to perform a
CT scan, to ascertain the extent of the damage. The ride to the lab was the
longest, my wife drove and I was collapsed in the passenger seat, we were both
worried sick about ourselves and our children and domestic staff who had by now
reported to the hospital to get tested.
“Thankfully they all tested
Negative). I tried to lighten the mood with some dry jokes but these, of
course, didn’t work.”
Awolowo said after getting their
laboratory results, the doctors expressed some satisfaction and prescribed
Colchicine, Azithromicine, Vitamins C, D and Rivaroxaban for them.
The lawyer said he and his wife
subsequently isolated themselves in a part of their home.
“We received numerous advice from
friends and family to experiment with all sorts of herbal remedies (Our
Nigerian way). We however succumbed to the inhalation of the traditional Dogon
Yaro leaves (the bark, leaves of the Neem Tree) but also stayed the course of
the recommended treatment by the doctors and by the 5th day I was feeling much
stronger,” he said.
“At the end of the week, I got
the all-clear and my wife took a little longer to get better, so we switched
roles and I had to take care of her. (remember it’s for better for worse).
After another week we went back to the hospital and we both got the all-clear
check.”
Awolowo said he does not know how
he contracted the disease but that he was exposed to numerous meetings after
the total lockdown was lifted.
So far, Nigeria has recorded
52,227 COVID-19 cases.
While 38,945 patients have
recovered, 1,002 people have died, according to data provided by the Nigeria
Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
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