A father's heartwrenching tribute to his son who died yesterday...on his one year birthday

Ephraim Esla Manga's son who
turned one year yesterday died at a private hospital in
Kaduna State. According to his friend, Sunday Akoji,
the little boy was seriously purging as a result of

acute diarrhoea.


"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!"

The heartbroken father's post below:
"Such indescribable pain. Deaths is really a
mystery." Ephraim wrote "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.