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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