By Ishola Balogun
It was difficult consoling Mr. and Mrs. Toriola Akin as they narrated the condition of their only son Ayoola Israel who is said to have a hole in his heart and require not less than N2million for a surgery in India urgently.
Both parents who stormed Vanguard premises few days ago cried for help from well meaning Nigerians to save the life of their only son.
Mr. and Mrs. Toriola Akin and the little Ayoola Israel
According to Mr. and Mrs. Toriola, the 15-month old baby was recently discovered to have a hole in his heart after several diagnoses following persistent illness and intermittent respiratory disorder which affected his growth.
Mrs. Toriola, a tailor, otherwise known as fashion designer in Ejigbo who could not hold back tears narrated how it started. "We began to suspect that something is wrong with him when he was three months. We went to the hospital at Isolo and we began to run series of tests."
Later, I was again referred to LUTH, I saw Dr. Okoromah, he prescribed some tests like Echo, ECG and others. I eventually did the Echo at Gbagada. The tests however revealed that he had a hole in his heart and a surgery will have to be done in India. It was also discovered he has his heart on the right side. If you touch is right chest, you will notice how it is beating,"she stated.
According to her, that was not the real problem, but the hole could shortened his life and that is why they have to urgently provide the sum for the surgery.
"It is strange to me to have the heart on the right side but doctors said it is possible and one of the few cases recorded in birth. But the major problem is the hole in his heart and we were told to provide N2million for the surgery in India. We want Nigerians to help us; we want government also to come to our aid. This is our first-born and our only child for now," she said.
The father, Mr. Toriola, an Electrician said, the family has been passing through difficult times to ensure that all the medical tests prescribed by doctors were carried out in spite of his megre income. He stated that the little he gets from his irregular job could barely make up for the tests let alone providing the huge sum for the surgery. "Nobody or family member has come to our aid. We have spent the much we get from our work for various tests to enure we solve this problem.
Things have been very difficult for us. We really don't know how to raise the money, we cannot afford the bill, I have never seen such money in my life and we don't want him to die. I know Nigerians are good people, that is why we are appealing to them to come to our aid."
Toriola which bank account detail is given as Toriola Ayoola Israel, 0063147567, ECOBANK said he considered this as a trial and was hopeful that the family will overcome the trial.
Source:
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/09/hole-in-the-heart-ayoola-israel-needs-n2m-to-survive/
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