Yetunde Ikotun Ojo, a businesswoman, has narrated her ordeal after she had an accident while picking up her birthday cake and got one of her legs amputated. She said that when she woke up at the hospital after the operation had been done, she could not sit up because her right leg was itching.
Yetunde said they were told that they would take her to the theater to control the damage to her leg, and she thought they would just apply a second cast and elevate her legs for a few months. She noted that the doctor said she had a pelvic fracture and other bruises on her thighs and legs. Yetunde said the doctors couldn’t save her ligament and muscle, so they had to amputate her leg.
As reported by The Punch News, Yetunde Ikotun Ojo said, “They said they would take me to the theater to control the damage to my leg. I thought they would apply a plaster cast and elevate my legs for a few months. They also said I had a pelvic fracture, meaning I wouldn’t be able to sit up. I had other bruises on my thighs and legs. When I woke up, I was already in the ward. I couldn’t sit up, but my right leg was itching. My mom was beside my bed, looking like she wanted to cry. Some doctors checked and started explaining. They said, “We are sorry.” They couldn’t save the ligament and muscle, so they had to amputate my leg. I didn’t realize what it meant at that moment. I asked for water, drank it, and slept again. That was the story of my amputation.”….Seë _ Morë