Gengetone rapper-turned-Mugithi singer Peter Mwangi aka Miracle Baby has been battling a gastrointestinal condition for close to five years now.
The musician recently suffered ruptured intestines - his partner Carol Katrue revealed.
Carol Katrue on Thursday, January 18, 2024, shared a photo of her baby daddy lying on a hospital bed with an oxygen mask on his face.
Katrue disclosed that Miracle Baby went under the knife after suffering ruptured intestines.
She added that the musician will be going to the toilet through a pipe for a period of six weeks as part of his intestines has been left out of his body.
The mother of one noted that Miracle Baby will later undergo another surgery to get the remaining intestines back into his body.
"Hae guys the surgery was success but the intestines had burst and they have managed to wash but he will be going to the toilet through a pipe and they have left some intestines outside for 6 weeks and when he recovers he will go back to the theatre so that the intestines can be returned inside," Carol Katrue wrote.
Previous surgery
In an interview with Mungai Eve in April 2022, Carol Katrue revealed that Miracle Baby has been battling the gastrointestinal condition since 2018.
She added that the musician underwent first surgery in 2018 after he suffered an obstruction in his intestines.
"Hio ugonjwa ilianza 2018. Actually, 2018 ndo alifanyiwa operation yake kwanza na ilikua bado obstruction ya intestines kuna vitu zilikua zimeblock but that time ilikua growth. So akaenda hio operation ya kwanza na ikakua successful na akawa fiti," she said.
Katrue said her baby daddy got well after the 2018 surgery, noting that his condition came back in 2020.
She disclosed that they just treated Miracle Baby's stomach pains with over-the-counter drugs at that time.
"So like akakaa 2020 ikiisha na uko November/December akaanza kuumwa but sasa inamuumia kwa umbali tumbo. So sisi tunabuy tu dawa za kawaida tukidhania ni ile tu stomach ache ya kawaida," she said.
However, Miracle Baby's condition got worse in 2022 and he required hospitalization.
Katrue said her baby daddy started vomiting, experiencing seizures and ultimately passed out in April 2022.
She said they took him to the hospital and after a scan, they were informed that the growth in his intestines was back.
The mother of one added that they were told that Miracle Baby needed another operation that would cost Ksh300,000.
"So Thursday ndo alikua worst, akaanza kutetemeka, kutapika na akazima kabisaa. So tukampeleka Uhai Neema ka ako unconscious - hio hospitali iko along Thika Road. So kumpeleka akafanyiwa X-ray, akafanyiwa scan wakasema ako na growth ingine bado kwa intestines. Wakaturefer Nazareth. So kuenda Nazareth kufika wakaanza kusema ohh lazima aende operation ingine, the same same operation na ya last time ilikua imetumia 300k. Na wanasema ni the same same problem," she said.
Katrue said they avoided another operation in 2022 after seeking a second opinion.
She said that experts at a hospital in Naivasha said Miracle Baby didn't have growth but that his intestines had just twisted a bit and as such he was put on medication.
"Ya last time ilikua growth but sahi obstruction ilikua ya intestines si actually like growth. Tulikua tumeambiwa ni growth hospitali yenye tulikua tumeenda ya kwanza but sasa venye tulienda hii hospitali ingine ya Lakeview iko Naivasha tukaambiwa sio growth, ni kitu anaweza patiwa dawa. Ni intestines tu zilikua zimejikunja kiasi na saa still kuna hizo vitu zimeblock," Katrue said.
Miracle Baby got better after the medication but in January 2024 his intestines ruptured and had to undergo surgery again.
