We didn’t even know he was ill.
Yes international magazine got in touch with him and they had this to say;
On the genesis of his ill
health, he said he can’t say specifically when and how it started. But all he
could recollect was that at some point, he went on and on losing serious
weight, which got many people wondering. Some concerned ones started proffering
solutions, both medically and spiritually, while others resorted to murmuring
and gossiping.
It went on and on until
sometime in May when he had a seizure at home and while his wife, Ibiere, whom
he lavished with so much thanks all through our stay for her love, care,
understanding and support, battled to halt that, he ran out of breath. Almost
lifeless. And with the likely consequences starring her in the face, Ibiere got
their maid and the security man to assist her in getting him into one of their
cars. And from there, they practically sprinted to their hospital in Lekki.
Thank God the doctor was on
call. He battled for hours with his team to ‘bring him back to life again’. And
upon stabilizing him, Julius and his wife immediately left for the United States
of America. Houston to be precise, where arrangement had been made at the Park
Plaza Hospital. After a series of tests, two lumps were discovered in his
brain!
The lumps had been messing up
his health and causing his incessant weight loss. Immediately, the Caucasian
surgeons went to work, operating on him for about 4 hours on Tuesday, May 12,
2015, at the Park Plaza Hospital in Houston Texas, United States of America.
Upon being discharged, Julius
rested in the US for sometime before returning home recently.
Currently putting things
together for the 10th anniversary of his annual Crack Ya Ribs in London, the
father of two (Zhara and Zadok) told YES INTERNATIONAL! Magazine that all
through the time he was medically down, he was always thinking about what would
become of his wife and children should anything go wrong.
“Onyeoma, I no go lie to you,
na dem I just dey think about. But like I said earlier, it’s God at work. I
want to thank everybody who supported me in one way or the other. Those that
were praying for me and all that.
I’m planning a thanksgiving
where I will still tell the full story. But for now, I just want to thank God
and my wife. Onyeoma! My wife tried.
The day I had the seizure, she
put her finger in my mouth and I bit it…All the vomit; the mess; she was the
one brushing and bathing me on the bed and clearing and cleaning them. IB
really, really tried for me”. A smile immediately erupted on the face of IB who
was sitting adjacent us and also listening to her husband narrate his story.
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