{UAH} GET WELL SOON - Nankabirwa: Jesus will heal me

Nankabirwa: Jesus will heal me
Publish Date: Apr 09, 2015

Rose Mary Nankabirwa

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By Carol Kasujja and Violet Nabatanzi

Rebecca Kibirige, mother of former TV news anchor Rose Mary Nankabirwa, 35, who is at Mulago cancer institute and heart Institute fighting for her life against the debilitating disease, narrates how her daughter got to know she had cancer and diabetes.

Studies in London
When Rosemary told me that she wanted to develop her career, I promised her that even if she had not got a scholarship, I was going to pay for her tuition till she finishes. And I have been paying for her tuition to see that she finishes her Master degree in Journalism and communication at the University of London. 

But in September last year, when she was in her last semester, she started feeling backache and weak, within a month, she had put on weight. She visited the Hospital but they could not tell what was wrong. She even stopped working at the hospital where she was part timing. When she continued complaining, I advised her to come back home to check on me and also to find out what was disturbing her because doctors in London had failed to find out.

Before she came back, she told me that she had put on weight and she looked ugly and her feet were big, I told her not to mind about her looks because she is my daughter, I also asked her whether she was eating junk and a lot of McDonald but she said no. I arranged for her ticket and made sure she gets a direct flight because I realized she was weak. She came back to Uganda on December 23, last year.

Cancer
Immediately we went to Mulago Hospital for tests, Doctors checked her left adrenal gland and her right adrenal gland,but found out that her left adrenal had a tumour. They carried out a successful operation and removed it, but when they checked the adrenal gland, it was found out that she had adrenocortical carcinoma, a kind of cancer that affects the adrenal glands.They also later found out that she had diabetes.

Current situation
When she was diagnosed, I thought she would go back to London and get treatment from that side because as a student she had a medical insurance but the situation worsened. When she became so weak, we decided to come at the Cancer Institute, I never wanted to tell anyone that she was sick, even her former colleagues got to know late. I did not want to deal with journalists. The first journalist to see her was the late Bbaale Francis. He entered her room and they laughed and shared a lot.

One thing I know about her, she is strong and brave. She does not like visitors who come to see her and cry. To her, they do not have faith. Whenever she wakes up in the morning, she says, "Thank you Jesus. I am still alive." It is because of her strength that I am also strong. Even if she is really weak now, I am not going to cry, I will cry when I need too. My daughter is still very prayerful. She keeps on telling us that Jesus will heal her.

Though we are at the heart institute, her heart is fine; we are here because the cancer institute has no Intensive Care Unit.

My daughter wanted to settle after her studies. She wanted a staunch catholic man. She used to tell me that most men who used to approach her, just wanted to ride on her fame. She really wanted a Christian man.
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I am requesting all our friends to visit her when she gets better. Right now her immunity is low, she can contract any disease. Even if you sneeze from a distance, she can pick it. I am not chasing away people. 

People are so mean and insensitive, a caretaker who was next to us at the cancer institute, managed to take her picture when she in a wheel chair and posted it on facebook. That picture broke my heart because some people just want to see others at their worst. 

Though I am strong, I still need Christians to encourage me and pray for me. My church, Christ the King, they have not helped me. When I called the parish priest, he said I had to talk to other seniors in the church.

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Gwokto La'Kitgum

"Even a small dog can piss on a tall Building", Jim Hightower

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