Renowned Nigerian clothing tycoon Toyin Lawani recently shared a traumatic experience she endured during surgery, facing a 10-minute episode of death when her lungs collapsed.
Lawani took to her Instagram page last Friday to disclose the challenging incident, revealing a diagnosis of a degenerative spine and a cyst.
In a video documenting her journey from the pre-surgery phase to the difficulties encountered during the procedure, she explained that the surgery involved an implant for the C5 and C6 on her spine.
Recalling the ordeal, she stated, “I died for a whole 10 minutes. While I was pregnant with my daughter, @kingtinukeleora, I started having serious neck/back/leg pains. And it got to a point where I would get paralysed on the left side of my body, and I couldn’t move at all. I was on painkiller injections all through.”
Lawani further detailed the gravity of her condition, revealing, “I was later diagnosed with a degenerative spine and a cyst in my brain. Guys, I died for a whole 10 minutes before they were able to bring me back to life. My lungs collapsed. I developed oedema, and from fixing artificial implants in my spine to be able to walk properly again, I went on to develop complications that got me on a tracheostomy tube for three months.”
