The once lethal striker Ezekiel Otuoma is sick and in need of help. Former harambee stars striker Bonface Ambani in along post on his facebook page has made a passionate appeal to all to come forth and aid the ailing striker.
Motor neurone disease (MND) is an uncommon condition that affects the brain and nerves. It causes weakness that gets worse over time. There’s no cure for MND, but there are treatments to help reduce the impact it has on a person’s daily life. Some people live with the condition for many years.
According to his wife, Rachel Otuoma, the star player was diagnosed with mnd.
“At first we thought it was just normal flu and he was put on antibiotics but later it persisted and that’s when we decided to take him to Kenyatta National Hospital where he began to lose his speech and couldn’t talk well.”
“At Kenyatta Hospital they did some tests but nothing came out at first. Second tests revealed that his upper throat was paralyzed but the medics didn’t really understand how that occurred. That’s the time they referred us to a neurologist in the same hospital on December 6, 2020,” Otuoma’s spouse Rachel explains. “We saw Dr. Ndede who referred us again to the Aga Khan hospital where he underwent a series of tests including Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and that’s where he was diagnosed with MND.”
not easy to manage his condition
In appealing for help, the wife said that the condition is quite expensive and considering that Otuoma who was the family’s bread winner is in active, the toll on her is unbearable.
” This is the time this young man needs us, for those who have been asking about his whereabouts, now know that the young man is ailing and in need of our help” wrote Bonface Ambani.
HOW TO HELP EZEKIEL OTUOMA
In the meantime former international Boniface Ambani has taken up the issues, mobilising footballers and the general public to come to the rescue of the player, with funds being channeled to his mobile phone number (0725524216) pending the availability of pay bill number.
According to Mark Mudenyo, a specialist medic at the Nairobi Hospital says the Motor Neurone Disease (MND) has stages, and if well managed, the patient can heal.
“It’s a dangerous disease because it has no cure although there are treatments to help reduce the impact it has on a person’s daily life. Some people live with the condition for many years, so for Otuoma’s case if it will be managed early enough then he would be in a better position of saving his life.”
Otuoma has a vast experience in the FKF Premier league after having played for AFC Leopards, Western Stima, Muhoroni Youth, Sony Sugar, Ushuru, and Talanta FC, which happens to be his last.
