PHOTOS: Adisadel College old boy, UCC former student Needs help urgently

Baffour Awuah Tabury

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Baffour Awuah Tabury is my name, an old boy of Adisadel college and a former student of university of Cape Coast but couldn't complete due to a spinal cord injury I sustained in 2007 which left me paralyzed waist down, I was in my final year at the university reading commerce when it happened so I had to forgo my course.

My paralysis came about when I was knocked down by a car door, I was sitting in the car, when I go down about to close the door the car reverse all of a sudden and the door knocked me down, I became paralyzed that very moment, I was rushed to Effia-Nkwanta Regional hospital, there after x-rays was told I had a spinal cord injury which was beyond them so I was transferred to Korle Bu teaching hospital after 2 weeks there, all this time my urine and bowel (toilet) had seized so I was placed on catheter so the urine comes but the toilet still didn't come.

 

At Korle Bu teaching hospital further examination were conducted (CT scans, X-rays, MIR's etc) and it was concluded I had a T12 spinal cord injury, I was operated twice to decompress the spine to relieve the pressure on the spinal cord and nerve roots and second because I had hematoma after the first operation, after all the operation I was discharged to go to Effia-Nkwanta regional hospital to go and do physiotherapy.

The most devastating part of my story is that after the operations I still couldn't control my urine and bowel (toilet), I also had to battle severe pains, spasms, tingling and burning sensations which doesn't give me chance to sleep, since the injury in 2007, I can't boast of sleeping more than 3 hours both day and night due to the pains, spasms, tingling and burning sensations.

My injury has taken me to different hospitals, clinics, churches, herbal homes but didn't produce any changes in my condition.

Luckily about 3 or 4 years ago some American doctors came to Ghana, Takoradi, Fijai specific to do charity and a friend took me there, they examined me and told me of stem cell therapy. They gave me website address of a stem cell clinic in Panama, I was told to contact the clinic, I did so, was asked to forward my medical records, also filled some form for the medical doctors to go through, later I was mailed that I was eligible for treatment and the cost was $32,400, duration was a month.

Am calling on all old boys of Adisadel college (Santaclausians) to come to my aid to raise this money, my mom who have been financing my treatment is now totally out of funds. Please nothing is too small, show me the love that was instilled in us on the hill. Play up play up Santaclausians.