Second kidney transplant turns Ekiti Law student’s parents to beggars

I want Nigerians to help my daughter. She has just passed her examination
 into law school. Please come to our rescue as we have sold all our property.”

This is the agony of Mrs. Victoria Adeuya, the mother of a final year law
 student of Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Damilola Adeuya, who is
presently battling with kidney failure.

The battle started three years ago when she was first diagnosed with
kidney failure and needed a transplant.

The family confronted the challenges headlong and sought for
assistance from all quarters. After much ado, the efforts succeeded with
the family getting enough fund to begin the course of treatments.

But there was a problem getting a kidney donor. But for the love she has for
 her second child, Mrs. Adeuya decided to donate one of her kidneys for the
 transplant. Next, the family flew her to an Indian hospital where she had a
successful kidney transplant. The joy of the family knew no bound.

“The family was very happy. We were happy that God did it for us and that
she could live her normal life again. Other family members and friends
joined us in thanks and praises. Little did we know the problem would
rear its ugly head again,” said the distraught mother.

Damilola’s problem resurfaced again barely after two years. Although the
 transplant was done in India, she suffered kidney rejection because she
could not get her routine drugs.

“There was kidney rejection due to lack of funds to buy drugs. I was the
one that donated kidney to her in 2014.

“We have been to Governor Ayodele Fayose even when he was out of office,
who once gave us money to buy drugs. But due to high foreign exchange of
naira to dollar, the money was not enough to buy medication that would last for long.

‘We spend an average of N250,000 on drugs monthly. The International
 Federation of Women Lawyers also assisted us with N120,000 for drugs.

“The family is owing a cooperative society about N500,000 now. There are
 many things that the family is passing through. That is what led to the kidney
rejection.”

When Damilola was brought to The Punch office in Ado Ekiti, she caught a
pitiable sight. She was just staring at our correspondent and nodding her head in acknowledgement of pleasantries passed to her. She had just concluded a
session of dialysis and was looking almost thrice her size at the back of the
vehicle where she sat down quietly.

“With the dialysis now, she can walk. Before, she couldn’t walk. We spend
about N120,000 weekly. My salary and that of her father could barely pay for
 a week dialysis and other course of treatment,” her mother said in tears.

The Head Teacher of a primary school in Ekiti lamented that the family
 had sold all their property before the first transplant could be done in India
 and could hardly feed other children.

“We sold all our property before we could travel to India with the help of
 the then state government under Dr. Kayode Fayemi.

“At a time, we lost hope but we trust in God. We don’t know the cause of the
.”

While the family is battling for a solution, some clerics have capitalised on
 the situation to milk the family dry by collecting money from them for spiritual healing.

“We have been taken advantage of in the past when we were asked to bring
money and some other items. But we don’t have money for all those things
again, so they have let us be.

“They will say buy this, buy that. They are still asking us but what you don’t
have, you can’t give.”

An August 14 medical report obtained by our correspondent and signed
 by one Dr. O. Osasona for the consultant in charge at the Ekiti State
 University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, narrated the medical condition of
Damilola.

The report also confirmed the challenges the family is facing.

The report says, “She had kidney transplantation after several sessions of
dialysis in the year 2014. The transplantation was financed by the parents
through loans and mortgage of family property.

“Unfortunately, she had rejection of the transplanted kidney and subsequent
 failure in 2017.

“Currently, she is back on thrice weekly dialysis and placed on several
injectable and oral medications. Due to the attendant cost and
complications of dialysis coupled with the global best practices, the patient
 will benefit from another kidney transplantation.”

The report also revealed her current treatment and proposed kidney
transplantation:

“Twice weekly EPO injection at N10,000 per dose -N20,000, thrice
weekly dialysis at N15,000 per session -N45,000, twice weekly iron
sucrose injection at N2,000 per dose -N4,000, anti-hypertensive drugs
average N5,000 per week.

“There will also be regular routine investigations at N10,000 per week,
 other essential medications at N5,000 per week, creation of A-V fistula
 (access)/graft at N80,000 while preparation and other logistics for
transplantation is N10m,” the report added.

The family is begging good spirited individuals and institutions to come to
their aid. You can make your donations to this Skye Bank Account: Adeuya
Victoria Oluyemi, 1014997530.