 Good morning once again. Welcome back to why in the morning. This is man crush Monday And actually what we do today is talk to different men about different things and different topics And we'll let the public know what is going on in their lives today. We've got a wonderful journalist Who's on set with us today? His name is mr. Raymond O'Whitty. Mr. Raymond O'Whitty is currently undergoing what we call irreversible neurological damage to his brain and He's currently asking for an appeal What we are going to discuss today is what led to this and what we are hoping for the public to do For him in this particular case. Carrie Boussana. Mr. O'Whitty. Thank you so much. Mm-hmm. Yes So Mr. O'Whitty, why don't we jump right in? So to ask you when exactly did you find out that you had irreversible neurological damage Actually before I found out that I had the damage It came about in terms of like so many she's attacks And we thought that it was my laryal attack So when I was in high school when I joined high school in 2009, okay, I realized that I had several continuous attacks and I had to now seek for medical attention So that we can check on this because if it's malaria It can be maybe once in a while. Yeah. Yeah. All right. I see and How exactly how long have you had it you said since? 2006 2009 2009 yeah, and how exactly has it affected you from 2009 until now? That's that's 10 years now. Yeah, 10 years is a long time. How has it affected your life in terms of? Your family your career your education Yeah, and even relationships Just to talk of my family. It has been something that is a very great challenge in our family because you get that Our family never expected this because it's not something that is genetic and they felt like It is something that is Coming in and it's not there. It was not there before so it has affected my family in terms of how we can sort for maybe money to get At least some good money to Get good medical attention and at the same time my education It has affected my education in terms of how I can relate with my fellow Colleagues in school because get that when I when I realized that I had the attack The the several she's attacks in high school get that in high school. There are so many things because this this is an age that many students or many young youths always may be ridiculed their fellows in school. So I felt like I should even leave school in one way or the other That's quite serious. May I ask if you don't mind letting us know how you got this damage to your your brain? Okay, as I said, it's something that is not genetic. Yes, because At this is like maybe epilepsy is genetic. Yes. Yes, and this one is not genetic So it came about because of the harsh Condition that I was in when I was still young when I was young my parents will always leave me with the house help and It was something that Was so bad that this house help instead of undertaking her duties should always come in and maybe Beat my head on the wall every now and then if I make a mistake because get that At that young age on the wall. Yeah on the wall cement wall. Yeah, I cement wall because get that When somebody still young He or she does not know whatever is happening or whatever he or she is doing So if I make any mistake should beat my head on the wall as a punishment. So I got some damage in my head Which caused some injuries internal injuries and that's why the attacks are there. Oh My goodness, that's that's I'm sorry about that Yeah, Polisana. How so I'm assuming that you've undergone some treatment Actually, I've not gone undergone some treatment rather have been taking some drugs Okay, that trying to control the the intensity of the she's attacks because get that these drugs Help me at least I can have maybe an attack once in a month But before I could always have attacks several on several times get that maybe I will always have Three or four attacks in a day But as that now I can even it can even text maybe some some weeks to have an attack but The drugs are now used to my body as at now. So we get that I Still have the attacks as before Because these drugs I've taken them for like ten years. Okay, you imagine ten years taking drugs They'll be used to your body. That's true. Yeah, and so I I Hear that medication when it comes to epilepsy is quite expensive Do you have someone that sponsors your treatment or your your? Maybe your visits to the doctors So far How do you afford it? Actually, it's something that is very expensive In Kenya, it's about it's about more than five million about ten million in Kenya and It's something that needs a lot of a lot of Seriousness as in you have to book for the surgical operations and You also have to at least get a good Neurosurgeon but for me, I'm supposed to go for a Surgery in India. Yeah, of which it's about three million But these three million caters for my transport caters for my accommodation my medication and The transport the transport for my escort because I have to go with somebody I can't go there alone and I'm going for a brain surgery. Who will accompany you? My uncle will accompany me India because he's the one who has been quite a Serious with this issue and he has been he has been Engaging himself so that at least I can't get help from different places Actually has taken me to different places and he thought of let's now sort out this issue If the other places are not of help to me And in India believing that the operation will go well, how long will you say in India be? And also before we actually answer that it does it three million also cover the surgery The the three million covers the surgery also also. Yeah, okay. Yeah, and so how long do you know? Do they tell you? Yeah, actually they've given me some of the details. Okay. That's good I'm supposed to go to Manipal hospitals in India And the surgeries is supposed to take about one month Mm-hmm. That is I'll be done for the surgery one month and In this within this one month I'll have to get healed there Mm-hmm. Yeah, is when I come back. Yeah to Kenya So you have to be completely healed by the time you come back? Yeah, so that if there is anything that may crop up when I'm still there at least it can be sorted out Yeah, all right. I see and for your Past in Kenya You're saying that this treatment can be done in Kenya only that it's much more expensive. You said around 10 million Yeah, where do they carry out this kind of surgery in Kenya? Do you know which hospital? Okay It was Agakan that told me about the surgery There is a doctor in Agakan who told me about the surgery when I when I did when I went for checkups and He told me that it's expensive in Kenya Compared to India and at the same time the services that may be offered to me May also not be as good as the ones that I'll get in India. That is to mean that I'll have to book for a neurosurgeon who is maybe committed also to other activities and He'll have to now Get his get his time so that I can at least Do the surgery? Yeah, and at the same time you get that in India There are so many hospitals that do this the the brain surgeries. So at least it will be better in India I see and That you said that the Manipal Hospital has given you a few details. What are some of the? Details concerning your treatment in India First of all the details concerning my treatment is that they Prefer that I go for the surgery with at least one escort Who will be my uncle as I've told you? The second thing is that I'll have to stay there for like a month So that I get healed is when I come back to Kenya. The third thing is that they can get My accommodation because they cater for my accommodation, but it is also paid for at the same time Things to do with my transport when I'll be in India. They are the ones to cater for then Everything to do with with our state there It is them we catering for okay I The appeal actually What we are going to ask the public for is to help Raymond raise the funds for this particular Surgery as you have been able to hear it costs 3.3. We said three million Yeah, three million three million flat and three million Kenyan shillings. Okay, three million Kenyan shillings flat and what we want or what we would like is for the public to open up their hearts and To kindly understand the situation as it is already. We're hearing that the medication just the pills alone are so expensive here in Kenya And so the surgery the surgery is something that he will need to correct all this so that he doesn't need to take the pills anymore and what we are asking is that you can open up your hearts and Assist this young man so that he can continue to build his life and you see this is a youth channel We try to build the life of youths We try to focus on making the lives of youths better in one way or another in the best way that we could and so we'd like to assist this young gentleman who is a future journalist to Be able to achieve his dreams and also be able to stand on his own in this life as a man and The way you can do that is by reaching out to him. How can they reach out to you? Please share with them Okay, once I Realized that I Had the problem. Mm-hmm. I went to safari come and I got pay bill number Medical pay bill number. Yes, and the pay bill number is 5 3 8 0 9 8 5 3 8 0 9 8 then the account number is your name or your phone number Okay, so 5 3 5 3 8 0 9 8 Account number is your name or your phone number Yeah, and that's the way you can support mr. OVT so that he can be able to go to India and get surgery for what they're calling the irreversible Neurological damage, but we're believing in trusting that it will be reversed and that he will be perfectly fine And that the situation will be sorted out if there are any questions that you have you can feel free to Ask and you can also feel free to communicate with us Tell us what you think and tell us how you'd like to help out as well And our social media handles are on Facebook that is why 254 channel on Instagram is why 254 underscore channel on Twitter It is why 254 channel and me. I'm joy underscore muchache. Mr. OVT do you have any social media handles in case anyone has some kind words if they cannot if they cannot provide funds Okay, you can also reach me out on Facebook as Raymond Ian on Instagram. I'm also Raymond Ian and on Twitter Raymond Ian You can always ask me any question that you would wish to ask me and at the same time you please be free and If maybe you have a solution to these you can also help me out so that I can overcome this problem Because it's not a problem that many will wish to have in life Yes, that's very true. That's very true. And are there a lot of people in Kenya who are currently do you know? the statistics on this particular Issue when it comes to Kenyans are there many who are living with it There are a number of people who May be living with it because you get that the society has become very different you get that people who always may be Employee some house helps, but they don't know the nature of what is happening at home because get that these house helps some of their employers will always leave them with their children at home and You don't know where these what this house help is doing where these house help is coming from or the character of this house help like mine was caused by House help but Somebody who always think that it's something that is maybe related to witchcraft or Something that is related to epilepsy because whenever I have attacks. It's just maybe it's just like Epilepsies, yeah I'm so sorry about We do have to wind up the show and let's be careful. We let into our homes. Let's be careful We let around our children. You've heard how mr. Raymond mr. Witte Got the damage to his brain was through as he specifically mentioned by himself a house help who was banging his head against the cement wall as a means of punishing him and so let's try our best to open up our hearts generously and Please repeat the number last time before we close off the show Okay, my medical pay bill number is five three eight zero nine eight five three eight zero nine eight it is my plea that you give whatever you have and I will also be happy if you give me some spiritual support Apart from the financial support because everything works out only when we come together and Hold our hands together to sort out a problem. That's true. Thank you so much mr. Witte for availing yourself Thank you so much for explaining to people what you're going through and we'll make sure that we support you and make sure that We keep you in our prayers. Thank you so much. 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