Not many knew the
comedian has been sick in the last few weeks. But the good news is that Julius
is now getting better after a successful brain surgery in America. I read the
interview and was scared for him. Below is a chat his friend and journalist,
Azuh Arinze had with him recently at his Lekki home. Thank God for his life.
On the genesis of his ill health, he said he can’t say
specifically when and how it started. But all he could recollect was that at
some point, he went on and on losing serious weight, which got many people
wondering. Some concerned ones started proffering solutions, both medically and
spiritually, while others resorted to murmuring and gossiping.
It went on and on until sometime in May when he had a
seizure at home and while his wife, Ibiere, whom he lavished with so much
thanks all through our stay for her love, care, understanding and support,
battled to halt that, he ran out of breath.
Almost lifeless. And with the likely consequences starring
her in the face, Ibiere got their maid and the security man to assist her in
getting him into one of their cars. And from there, they practically sprinted
to their hospital in Lekki.Thank God the doctor was on call. He battled for
hours with his team to ‘bring him back to life again’. And upon stabilizing
him, Julius and his wife immediately left for the United States of America.
Houston to be precise, where arrangement had been made at the Park Plaza Hospital.
After a series of tests, two lumps were discovered in his brain! The lumps had
been messing up his health and causing his incessant weight loss. Immediately,
the Caucasian surgeons went to work, operating on him for about 4 hours on
Tuesday, May 12, 2015, at the Park Plaza Hospital in Houston Texas, United
States of America.
Upon being discharged, Julius rested in the US for sometime
before returning home recently.
Currently putting things together for the 10th anniversary
of his annual Crack Ya Ribs in London, the father of two (Zhara and Zadok) told
YES INTERNATIONAL! Magazine that all through the time he was medically down, he
was always thinking about what would become of his wife and children should
anything go wrong. “Onyeoma, I no go lie to you, na dem I just dey think about.
But like I said earlier, it’s God at work. I want to thank everybody who
supported me in one way or the other. Those that were praying for me and all
that.
I’m planning a thanksgiving where I will still tell the full
story. But for now, I just want to thank God and my wife. Onyeoma! My wife
tried. The day I had the seizure, she put her finger in my mouth and I bit
it…All the vomit; the mess; she was the one brushing and bathing me on the bed
and clearing and cleaning them. IB really, really tried for me”. A smile
immediately erupted on the face of IB who was sitting adjacent us and also
listening to her husband narrate his story. His two children who were also
nearby immediately made for where we were sitting and started crawling all over
us. And as if on cue, Julius quipped in an emotional voice: “Onyeoma, wetin for
happen like say…” And he left it hanging there. I remembered I hadn’t had my
breakfast then, having come straight from the church. I voiced this out and the
wife arranged something for us to eat, and as we ate and discussed, Julius just
kept thanking, appreciating and saluting God for the miracle He just did in his
family, his life, his career and everything.
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