Manga’s son passed on exactly one year after his birth. Photo: Ephraim Esla Manga via Facebook
It was little Manga’s birthday on Tuesday, and his mum had gotten a cake for the celebrations.
But the celebrations were not to be as the boy passed on the same day following a brief but calamitous stint in a hospital.
Here’s how Sunday Akoji, a friend of the father recounts the incident:
“Self care therapy administered by the parent include oral rehydration inter alia. By 7am the child was rushed to a private hospital in Kaduna. They met the GP on duty and his first intervention was to set up an IV line to restore fluid and electrolytes balance as the child was dehydrated.
The Doctor tried to find an IV line for 3 hours but was unsuccessful. He then put a call to his Consultant to come and help. The Consultant got to the hospital after 3 hours and within a minute he was able to find the vein and set up the line. But unfortunately, the child was already dead!”
Rest on son!! We love you to the sky and over again, the father wrote.
Few hours after the unfortunate incident, the father, Ephraim Esla Manga, took to facebook to pay tribute to his son.
Such indescribable pain. Deaths is really a mystery. It’s exactly a year since God lended me this bundle of joy which he took back today this. Osh my baby. . . Mummy brought your cake from Jos but your tiny fingers left us just before you could cut it today. Rest on my boy! Rest well!! Mummy loves you, Daddy loves you too. Your brief entry and exit sure left us much pain and grief.
Rest on, the very first strength of my right arm.
Exactly one year earlier, he had written:
Welcome to our world! I prayed, trusted, and waited patiently for you. When my eyes fell on yours today, I saw life multiplied a million times. Indeed this is a higher plane! I cant but marvel at the wonderful wonders of God.
Let the whole universe join me and sing praises to God for he has dealt bountifully with me.
As I welcome my bundle of joy to the world please welcome me to another great phase of life-fatherhood.
