Sad Stories

Fatuma a sex worker living in the suburb of Liberia woke up in the early hours of the morning to realize that she had nine missed calls from her mum, three from her boyfriend and seven from her sister. She checked the time the call came in; 5:30am. What could have been so important that couldn’t wait till in the morning when she was fully awake? As she was about to toss her phone to the bed, her mum called her and then she picked grumbling first to her mother how it was rather to early ,before the sobbing from her mother made her realize that there was something wrong. Mother! What is the problem why do you sound like you have been crying? Your father his dead she stammered! Fatuma could not believe her ears. How did it happen? Was he sick? There was no answer she probed further and harder wanting to know the cause of her father death and then her mom told her it was the Ebola virus which has been ravaging her country Liberia for over a year. Her mother had warned father not to visit that man at the Ebola isolation center but he will not listen now see, who will take care of the 8 children he has left behind? Danladi a university undergraduate from Uganda has just lost his mother to the gruesome hands of typhoid fever just a day before his convocation, it was of no surprise though as she had been warned severally by the village doctors and her only son to stop the drinking the traditional concoctions produced carelessly from the Owino market but she will not listen. She says it’s a way of appraising the gods. She had turned deaf ears and lost her life just as she was about to begin to reap the fruit of her labour.she had suffered for 24years to make sure he got the best of education and now look at what had befallen her. Illiteracy they say is the mother of all problems What about Professor Gwandu a literate in all ramifications whose thirst for coke and Fanta was unquenchable. If as a student you needed any help from him you need to buy Professor Gwandu a bottle of coke or Fanta. He could consume 4 to 8 bottles of soft drink in a day. Soon he began urinate frequently than normal, he became increasingly thirsty and hungry. He observed this abnormality and carried on with his life.one morning he woke up and found out he could not hear a thing. He was taken to the hospital which confirmed he had diabetics and has lost his ability to hear. This was very depressing news. His wife Mrs. Ola Gwandu severely depressed and deep in thought did not notice she was on a speed of 120 she kept on thinking and did not notice the incoming truck because of the speed she was running at, she couldn’t get her vehicle to come to a halt! She crashed into the oncoming truck and lost her life instantly. What a loss So as to avoid the story of Fatuma, Danladi, Professor Gwandu and his wife we need to take necessary precautions concerning our daily living. To whom has ears let him hear ;Prevention is always better than cure!!