A 39-year old Warri-based taxi driver, Mr. Samuel Elohor Governor, who is in need of N12 million for kidney transplant, has cried out for help.
Governor, who has been receiving treatment, including dialysis thrice weekly, said his health challenge started in November 2018, when a diagnosed kidney failure resulted in diabetes and high blood pressure. He lamented the loss of all his property, including the taxi, to the expensive treatment.
The father of three, who pleaded for help from the public, thanked his church for sustaining him all along.
Narrating his ordeal, Governor said: “It is kidney problem that led to diabetes and high blood pressure, which cannot be regulated. They said the only way the high blood pressure can be regulated is when they do dialysis. We initially thought it was a simple thing when we started last year, but as the dialysis progressed, the high blood pressure refused to go down.
“The more dialysis I did, the more the high blood pressure worsened. As you can see, it has led to the swelling of my legs, I can’t walk, I need to be on wheelchair. My hands are swollen, my face is swollen, I can’t even see well with my eyes.
“I started from Central Hospital, and I was referred to the Teaching Hospital in Oghara. When the treated was getting out of hands, I sold my property, even the vehicle I had. When it got more serious, I was referred to this hospital where they finally said kidney transplant is the solution. I have spent more than a million naira on dialysis so far, each dialysis costs N45,000, including two pints of blood, and that happens three times a week.
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“The MD of the hospital, who is conversant with the transplant, said it will cost N12 million, I think it will be done here. I really appreciate the church, they have tried for me. I am just a common taxi driver when this problem started; it was my wife who had a job, so I didn’t have kobo. I appreciate them, if not for them I don’t think I would still be alive.
“I appeal for help. For more than two months now I have not been home to see my children because I have to live close to the hospital so that I can easily come in for dialysis. This week alone, I have had two rounds of dialysis, this is the third one, and the more frequent the dialysis, the more it affects my body.”
Governor’s wife, Esther, said the pressure had already started taking its toll on her and the children, pleading that all who have what it takes to save her husband should come to their aid.
“My appeal is to the public to please help my husband; they should please save his life. He’s a young man and I don’t want anything to happen to him. We have three children, if it is just for the sake of the children. They always cry that they want to see their daddy.
“I am begging the public to please save my husband. He’s just 39 years. Now, we are the one bathing him and brushing his teeth, even feed him. He can’t do anything by himself. People should please help us, it is not easy on us,” she said.
Governor can be reached on 07033280078 and donations can be sent to his bank account – 6015167535 with Fidelity Bank Plc.
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