This is the inspiring story of a 22 year old Liberian woman who treated 3 relatives who had Ebola.
Fatu Kekula single-handedly took care of her father,mother, sister and cousin.She fed and cleaned them and giving them medications with remarkable success .Below is a report by CNN
Three out of her four patients survived.Fatu stayed healthy, which is noteworthy considering that more than 300 health care workers have become infected with Ebola, and she didn't even have personal protection equipment -- those white space suits and goggles used in Ebola treatment units.
Instead Fatu, who's in her final year of nursing school, invented her own equipment. International aid workers heard about Fatu's "trash bag method" and are now teaching it to other West Africans who can't get into hospitals and don't have protective gear of their own.
Every day, several times a day for about two weeks, Fatu put trash bags over her socks and tied them in a knot over her calves. Then she put on a pair of rubber boots and then another set of trash bags over the boots.
She wrapped her hair in a pair of stockings and over that a trash bag. Next she donned a raincoat and four pairs of gloves on each hand, followed by a mask.It was an arduous and time-consuming process, but Fatu was religious about it, never cutting corners.
Her Ebola nightmare started Juy 27, when her father, Moses, had a spike in blood pressure. She took him to a hospital in their home city of Kakata.
A bed was free because a patient had just passed away. What no one realized at the time was that the patient had died of Ebola.Moses, 52, developed a fever, vomiting and diarrhea. Then the hospital closed down because nurses started dying of Ebola.
Fatu took her father to Monrovia, the capital city, about a 90-minute drive via difficult roads. Three hospitals turned him away because they were full.
She took him back to another hospital in Kakata. They said he had typhoid fever and did little for him, so Fatu took him home, where he infected three other family members: Fatu's mother, Victoria, 57; Fatu's sister, Vivian, 28, and their 14-year-old cousin who was living with them, Alfred Winnie.
While operating her one-woman Ebola hospital for two weeks, Fatu consulted with their family doctor, who would talk to her on the phone, but wouldn't come to the house. She gave them medicines she obtained from the local clinic and fluids through intravenous lines that she started.
At times, her patients' blood pressure plummeted so low she feared they would die.
But her father, mother, and sister rallied and were well on their way to recovery when space became available at JFK Medical Center on August 17. Alfred never recovered, though, and passed away at the hospital the next day.
"I cried many times," she said. "I said 'God, you want to tell me I'm going to lose my entire family?' "Now he's working to find a scholarship for Fatu so she can finish her final year of nursing school. He has no doubt his daughter will go on to save many more people during her life.
"I'm very, very proud," her father said. "She saved my life through the almighty God."I'm sure she'll be a great giant of Liberia,"
Awwwwww that's really touching. She must be a great woman someday. Brave heart indeed !!!
ReplyDeleteBrave indeed weldone fatu.
Deleteso touching...Ebola will soon be a thing of the past..
ReplyDeleteThank God
ReplyDeleteBello. Don't allow those frustrated anons back there frustrate you. Am sure u will still go places coz u really have features of modelling. *hugs*
DeleteNamesake me love u plenty....u look gud and I ain't patronising u
DeleteD love of my life atinuke I still love u plss gv me ur email address
DeleteD love of my life atinuke I still love u plss gv me ur email address
DeleteTinuke dear hope you don't regret sharing those pictures with us?please don't o always remember that whatever you do or who ever you are in this life,there will be hungry dogs out there ready to spit BS about you. I pray God uplifts you so you'll stick out your tongue to them dogs,termites,praying mantis etc and say I told you so and so shall it be! *hugs*
DeleteThank you so much
DeleteAwwww so nice of her
ReplyDeleteRemarkable
ReplyDeleteGod bless her heart....chaiii most PPP put in her position will go MIA sharply.... Happy she survived it
ReplyDeleteDearie, hippie you finally uploaded your pictures
DeleteBrilliant of her. God bless her! This is what American health practitioners couldn't achieve and allowed Duncan to die like that. It is well
ReplyDeleteWith God all things are possible......
ReplyDeleteWhere u been?
DeleteLiberian wonder.
ReplyDeleteAwwwww so touchıng...For Öne With God İş Majorıty...IT İŞ WELL
ReplyDeletea.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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Wow... This lady should be crowned citizen of the year....
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a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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Wow... This lady should be crowned citizen of the year....
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BLOG ANALYSER: Eeeeeyah she really tried.
ReplyDeleteseriosly i really dnt understnd y all dese blog readers are consoling atinuke the thief. lmao, she stole n she shuld b criticised, dats ma take on d issue.
ReplyDeleteseriosly i really dnt understnd y all dese blog readers are consoling atinuke the thief. lmao, she stole n she shuld b criticised, dats ma take on d issue.
ReplyDeleteseriosly i really dnt understnd y all dese blog readers are consoling atinuke the thief. lmao, she stole n she shuld b criticised, dats ma take on d issue.
ReplyDeleteDon't mind the thieves like her.Maybe they have no idea that things like that can,YES,THINGS LIKE THAT CAN CLOSE EMEH'S BLOG & EVEN JAIL TIME !
Deleteyou all should be saying that to Emeh for crying out loud !
when Linda did hers,she & her likes mouth failed it's break and now we should pat her back while screaming bravo. ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! you go girl ? ! ? ! ? !
If i were you miss Bello,I offer public apology because you never know who is reading this world wide and see you as a lost complex thief .Yes,you stole from someone and they are deceiving you because they will laugh their ass off when they are off line and even tell others about you.
I warned you not to let the music of shame they were singing for you or mocking you indirectly get to your head,you didn't take it but went ahead to make a complete fool of yourself before the whole world since this will be seen by many even after 50years !
Believe in yourself and work towards the goal you want in life !
Now even those that call on you always with things like ALA MAMI-WATER NOW LAUGH AT YOU !
Let this be a bitter lesson to you and others.LAY LOW FOR NOW & FOCUS ON YOUR CAREER IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT.
HEY...while you are at it please cover up because that's where your downfall started.
Have a good life.
For the brave nurse at 22 ? ? ?
Took what people run away from no matter the price,Amino can say is WOW !!!
you wowed the living light out of my head !
Bravo girl,you go.she deserves a page in THE BOOK OF RECORD & A BIG TELEVISION INTERVIEW !
I APPLAUD YOU GIRL.
Well said.her trouble started when Emeh opened the gate of FINE FACE.lots of beautiful girls showed theirs,and we praised their beauty and everything.This didn't go down well with her because she want yo be THE IT GIRL,D CENTER OF D ATTRACTION .She have low self esteem,she thought the other girls will take the light from her.She was very very,very,very thirsty and wanted more.Now all is almost lost because respected heads will from now hold her & her comments or boobs display with a pinch of salt.
DeleteLESSON TO ALL,DON'T EVER LET PRAISES GET TO YOUR HEAD,SOME ARE MOCKING YOU & PLAYING THE MUSIC OF DESTRUCTION FOR YOU,DANCE WISELY & KNOW WHEN TO STOP.
She'll make a good nurse
ReplyDeleteAwwwwww,God bless your soul...
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