It was an experience at Lagos isolation centre written on March 30, 2020.
Oh, ah!
Celebrate the resilience!
The gem of a Nigerian girl disclosed that she contracted the disease during a post-Commonwealth event in the United Kingdom.
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Celebrate the resilience!
Displaying various photographs of what she went through while she was receiving treatment at the Hospital, Osowobi expressed gratitude that she has conquered coronavirus.
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Celebrate her resilience!
Her tweets on Twitter thus reads:
“Life finds ways of throwing LEMON at me. I’ve struggled with coming forward, but I want to inspire hope.
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Celebrate the resilience!
I returned to Nigeria from the UK post-Commonwealth event (I totally enjoyed) and fell ill. As a responsible person, I self-isolated. Days after, I TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.
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Celebrate her resilience!
“Before returning, I had planned several interviews, I was scheduled to start a fantastic consultancy job and was also expecting to sign a contract worth millions.
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I lost them all. I had to self-isolate and also inform people I came in close contact with to get tested.
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Celebrate her resilience!
“My friend and I kept calling @NCDCgov to get tested? What if we didn’t persist?
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“No info on my test result. At 12am, an ambulance was at my house. I woke from sleep and was crying.
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I got to isolation centre, but no one was there to receive me. I waited in the ambulance for TWO HOURS.
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“The nurses eventually came out and treated me like a plague. I sat in the ambulance feeling rejected. No questions about how I felt.
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Celebrate her resilience!
So many questions about my travel history. Same information I had provided to NCDC and Lagos State Government during profiling. Lack of data sharing!
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“After two hours, I was taken to my space. I felt lonely, bored and disconnected from the outside world.
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Few days after, another patient came in. We bonded. Days later, patients trooped in. “Are people observing self-isolation & social distancing?” I was so scared for Nigeria.
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“The next days were tough. No appetite. The nausea, vomit and stooling was unbearable.
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Celebrate her resilience!
I’m a blood type A & #COVID-19 dealt with me and I’ll shared daily symptoms and recovery process in a video.
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Celebrate the resilience!
I thought I was going to die and contemplated a succession plan for @StandtoEndRape.
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Celebrate her resilience!
“I was on drugs daily. Sometimes, I‘d take eight tablets in the morning, 13 tablets in the afternoon, 10 at night.
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My system threw everything out! Water, food, soap and all disgusted me.
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But I’d look at the wall and force myself to stay hydrated — drank ORS. I FOUGHT TO LIVE! I FOUGHT!!
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Celebrate the resilience!
“Days after, the doctors shared a good news that I tested negative. I shared this news with family and friends!
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My blood sample was taken and I also tried to donate my plasmapheresis to help others.
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"I hoped to be discharged. I waited to be discharged, but for two days, nothing happened.
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“I was unsure of what was going on. Why haven’t I been discharged? Should I be in the same ward? Could I get re-infected?
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"I was worried but remained calm. On the third day, doctors said, ‘well, we worked with the info we had of you testing negative, but one result came back positive.’
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“‘…You’ll stay a few more days. You know we take nose, mouth and sputum samples.”
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“Am I still positive flushed face?” I asked. “No, you’re negative,” the doctor replied. The doctor apologised for the delay.
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Celebrate her resilience!
I was anxious to go home but remained calm. I wanted to be free from this pain.
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Celebrate the resilience!
“I continued the medication and asked to be in a separate ward.
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Sadly, I remained in the same ward as all others rooms were full. My ward had people who were positive.
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What if I get re-infected? For them, I was a beacon of hope and they needed me gone to register the progress.
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Celebrate her resilience!
My family and friends were becoming anxious. People in my ward who earlier celebrated the news of my result suddenly lost hope. “Why are you still here?" they asked.
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Celebrate the resilience!
“You shouldn’t be here with us. You should be separated from us now…” People in my ward muttered. I tried to calm them.
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“Today, I am PROUD to inform you that I MURDERED COVID-19 and have tested NEGATIVE TWICE!
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I HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED! I bless God for His mercies. The nurses at IDH Yaba were fab.
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They deserve accolades for their hard work. Thank you, my state Governor for coming to see me.
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“Thanks to @ProfAkinAbayomi, the health team at IDH + Lagos State. The food was good!
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Celebrate their resilience!
Coronavirus is NOT a death sentence. People can survive and I HAVE!
Oh, ah!
Celebrate her resilience!
© Mercy Funmilayo Adesanya-Davies
Author notes : (Dedicated to her, as she said- "This another phase of my life and I HAVE won! I celebrate my resilience and strength." The Lagos state government, on Monday, announced that they have discharged five patients who have recovered from the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19). Although the identities of the patients were not disclosed by officials, a lady identified as Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi who seems to be one of the discharged persons took to Twitter to narrate her experience at the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, Lagos state.)
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