Help! Boy, 5, needs N4.5m for bladder surgery
— 12th November 2017
By Chinenye Ezenwa and Rebecca Koluwabo
Looking at
Temitope Apansile, one would think that he is a boisterous child, but
he is not. In a short while, he would become uncomfortable, holding onto
his diaper as a sign that it had filled up with urine and needed to be
changed.
The five-year old not only urinates on
his body but also passes through a lot of discomfort to do it. This
frequent and uncontrollable urinating is a sign of ill health. His
father has been taking him to various hospitals in search of a cure but
his efforts have been futile. Temitope needs surgery to stay alive.
At the moment, the boy is out of school;
he has long been withdrawn from the rest of his peers because of his
condition. His father, Wale Apansile, had to withdraw him from school
when his condition worsened.
Wale, a bricklayer, has been taking care
of his son after his wife left him two years ago due to their son’s
condition. He has also been compelled to move into his mother’s house at
Akute, as he could no longer pay his rent.
Recounting the painful ordeal, Wale said
his son had a malfunctioning bladder and this made him to urinate
uncontrollably. He said Temitope only ate light food like pap and
noodles.
“If he eats something hard, it would not
digest quickly; rather he would have stomach ache. When he takes drugs,
it would not digest; it would be seen from his affected scrotum,” he
said.
Stressing the severity of his son’s
condition he said his urine never came out from his penis but dropped
uncontrollably form his separated scrota. He said the boy used about
seven sanitary pads daily.
Right now, Temitope needs his scrotum
stitched for it is swollen due to excessive urine, which drops from it
rather than passing through his penis. This has affected his bladder.
“He can tell when he wants to defecate but not when he wants to urinate.
“I stopped him from going to school due
to his worsening condition. I have spent everything I have; that is why I
had to relocate to my mother’s house in Akute; I have financial
constraints. I sometimes go to work with him or I leave him with my
mother,” Wale Apansile said.
According to a letter signed by Dr.
Alakoko Temitope, consultant in charge of the paediatrics surgery unit,
Lagos University Teaching Hospital, the lad was diagnosed with a
congenital defect of the lower anterior abdominal wall musculature and
bladder known as bladder exstrophy with epispadia complex and this
requires urgent medical intervention. The letter further stated that the
boy needs N4.5 million for the surgery.
The doctor said, “This condition requires
a multiple-staged surgical reconstruction for which he had the first
stage repair on the 11th day of life. He will require at least two more
staged reconstructions, but the parents have severe financial
constraints hence have requested for this medical report to seek
support. Kindly accord all necessary assistance.”
Donations to save Temitope’s life can be
sent to Apansile Wale, GTBank Plc, Account No. 0237910788. His father
can be contacted on 08030688658
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