What A Mother Will Do To Save Her Child.

Last night, I asked my younger sister for a Nollywood movie to watch. I'm not really a Nollywood fan, but sometimes I feel like watching one. She asked, "Have you watched 'Out Of Time'?" I said no. She sent it to me. At first I was reluctant to watch it, but something shifted inside me. I opened MX Player and pressed play. Boom. First scene — my favorite actress, Sariah Martin. I knew it would be interesting. The story is about a single mother chased from her apartment for owing six months rent. No family. No friends. No support. Raising a baby boy diagnosed with heart failure, in coma for three months in ICU, waiting for a donor that may never come. She went through hell. No way to pay weekly medical bills. She did odd jobs, got harassed, humiliated. When she had nowhere to stay, she slept in an uncompleted building, still determined to save her boy. When her son went into shock, she ran to a boutique shop to beg for help. The owner didn't show sympathy. He offered help on condition she sleep with him. She agreed — she had a life to save. She worked at a canteen where she was humiliated. Worked as a cleaner in a hotel where she was raped and paid for it. Then the doctor called: they found a donor, but it would cost four hundred thousand US dollars. She lost it. She told him she would get the money by all means. She reached out to a friend known to be an armed robber and agreed to be the driver. During the operation, the wife of the man they robbed was killed. Police had surrounded the house. Her gang members were killed, she was shot on the shoulder, but she escaped with the money and ran to the hospital. Her son went into shock again. Doctors tried, but he died. She went insane. Police arrested her right there in the hospital. The doctor knew her struggle. He went to the station to defend her but his statement wasn't enough. So he used the media. He told her story — what she endured just to save her son. His voice was heard. The community stood up, protested for her release and created a GoFundMe in her name until she was granted bail. Moral lesson : A mother will burn the world to save her child. And a system that forces a mother to sell her body, sleep in uncompleted buildings, and rob to pay hospital bills has already failed her. She shouldn't have needed to go viral to get help. She needed a social worker on day one, not a camera on day 300. GoFundMe should not be our healthcare system. Media should not be the last hope for justice. But since we live in this reality, speak up. Tell your story. Because you never know who is listening. I recommend everyone watch "Out Of Time." @FP

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