๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฝWeโre Nigerians, but today we are Mexicans.
โ As group of Nigerians gathered in Mexico City to support Mexico against South Africa.
Guys!! Itโs cold very outside! I just stepped outside my house to feel it. And if itโs this cold in Lagos, itโs colder in Ibadan and much even colder in the bushes! These children and their teachers are shivering right now! This is their 27th night! God!๐ญ๐ญ
Are you aware that 176 kidnapped victims from Woro community in Kwara state are still in the terrorist den since 3rd February?
The victims are infants, toddlers, pregnant women, nursing mothers, children, women & men.
I was 21. NYSC posting: a village clinic in Osun. No light. No water. Just me, a matron in her 60s, and women who walked 3 hours for antenatal.
Day 1, a 16 year old girl came in bleeding and pregnant. Her 40-year old husband said, โItโs normal. First baby always hard.โ
Matron took one look at me and said, โCorper, you go learn today.โ
We had no ultrasound or blood bank. Just gloves, faith, and a torchlight I held with my mouth while Matronโs hands disappeared inside that child.
For 6 hours we fought. The girl was slipping. Matron prayed in Igala and English. I cried, thinking, โThis is why I wanted to japa.โ ๐
Then the babyโs cry came; a small, angry boy, alive. The 14-year-old whispered, โAunty, thank you for not running.โ ๐ญ
Covered in blood and sweat, Matron said: โYou think this work na for money? This work na for the girls who donโt know their own worth yet. You stay. You fight. You stubborn. Because if we no stubborn, who go be stubborn for them?โ
That was 5 years ago.
Today Iโm a doctor in Lagos with a clinic in Abule Egba. Every girl who comes in with โnormal period painโ thatโs been killing her for years reminds me of that torchlight and Matronโs hands. I get stubborn.
Iโve diagnosed 47 cases of advanced PID this year, done 12 fibroid surgeries, and caught 3 girls early before their wombs got damaged.
Ladies, my message is simple:
1. โNormalโ pain that stops your school, work, or life? Itโs NOT normal.
2. Your body is not โvillage people.โ Itโs biology. Test it. Scan it. Know it.
3. Be stubborn about your health. The world will call you dramatic. Be dramatic and alive.
That matron died 2 years ago, but her stubbornness lives in every girl I refuse to let die quietly.