Former Kenya Films and Classification Board (KFCB) boss Ezekiel Mutua today shared a painful narration as he recalled how his mother survived snake venom.
Taking to Facebook on Sunday morning, Mutua in his series dubbed 'Testimony Sunday' uploaded his mother's photos accompanied with a lengthy caption expounding on the incident.
It was back in the '90s when a deadly snake slithered through his mum's pathetic house as he puts it and bit both of her hands.
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"There was a time mum didn't have a decent home. She lived in a pathetic shack that would rain through and wasn't safe at all. One day in the mid-90s a deadly snake entered the house at night and as she struggled in darkness to escape, it bit her hand twice, leaving its deadly pangs in her body."
The mother quickly shouted for help and Mutua's elder siblings who lived in the village responded and administered some first aid to her.
They, however, had to wait for the next day to take her to the hospital and they resorted to going to Nairobi which took them a whole day to arrive and at the time, her hands were severely damaged by the poison.
"In their wisdom, bringing mum to Nairobi where I lived would be a better way of ensuring that she well attended to and her life saved. But getting to Nairobi by public transport took a whole day. The roads used to be terrible those days and vehicles were few and far between. They got to Nairobi the following evening and the poison had severely damaged the hand," part of the narration read in parts.
On that evening, Mutua who lived in Githurai 45 with his brother and a sister just before taking dinner heard a knock on the door.
It was their elder brother with his mum who was visibly in great pain and they were needed to act swiftly to save her life.
They booked an old battered taxi upon arrival at Githurai 45 market and quickly rushed her to a nearby clinic.
The two clinics they were able to access did not have the anti-snake venom so they decided to rush to Guru Nanak but still could not find it.
They then moved to Aga Khan and at that moment their mother was almost unconscious.
Luckily, the nurses were kind and swift and assured them she will be okay.
They advised amputating her hand to stop the poison from spreading to the heart and Mutua signed and paid for the process.
Upon going to the theatre, Mutua says his 'something' told him not to allow them to proceed with the operation prompting them to move her to Kenyatta National Hospital(KNH) later that night where they arrived past 3 am.
Upon reaching KNH, a nurse noticed him and offered to help them with the hospital protocols.
It turns out, the lady identified Mutua from a crusade in Zimmerman where he had preached during his campus days at KU.
"I explained to her the situation of my mum and she quickly facilitated admission to the ward, taking charge of the entire operation as if it was her own mother. She noticed that we were tired and sleepy and she requested us to go home and rest, assuring us that mum was in a safe pair of hands."
The nurse advised them to go back at 11 am the next day but she stayed in the hospital for a little more but was later discharged.
"To cut the long story short, my mum survived the snake bite and her hand was not cut. She stayed in the hospital for a while then we moved her to my house in Githurai where she stayed for six months till she was fully healed," he wrote.
Mutua later promised to build her a better house which he did and he says that this story remains to be his testimony that miracles still happen.
