Popular actress, Somkele Idhalama, a Nollywood actress, has appreciated God for healing her son of acute cancer.
The 32-year-old Delta-born film star, shared a touching video on her Instagram page where she narrated how her son is now certified cancer-free — three years after he was diagnosed with the killer disease.
The actress revealed that she had participated in the #HalleluyahChallenge initiated by Nathaniel Bassey, a Nigerian gospel singer, which held between November 1-21 in 2017 with fasting.
Thereafter, she traveled to South Africa on November 21 to attend the wedding of Banky W and Adesua Etomi.
The actress went on to explain saying, a day after she arrived South Africa, she received a call that her son had been diagnosed with cancer — forcing her to return to Nigeria on November 23.
“Let me give you perspective Nov.1-20th I did the #HallelujahChallenge with @nathanielblow and fasted the whole way. Day 21 I landed in SA, Day 22 I received news that our son was diagnosed with an acute childhood cancer. Day 23 I was back in Nigeria and the rest I summarized in the video.” she wrote.
According to her, the family received news last Monday that her son had recovered from the disease — five months earlier than expected.
“The past 3 years have been nothing short of a miracle with miracle after miracle after miracle. On Monday last week, we got the amazing news, nearly 5 months earlier than predicted, that our baby is certified #CancerFree!” she wrote.
The actress went on to appreciate God for seeing the family through the challenging period, while also commending friends and well-wishers who stood by them.
“Where do I start to thank every single person who knew and supported us along the way. @sickkidstoronto you have a special place in heaven, Dr. Summit Gupta and your entire oncology team!! I’m holding back tears that are overwhelming!! This video is only a spec of dust in explaining this journey. But what I will tell you is this, there is a living God. Period!”
Somkele encouraged people undergoing such challenges not to get despair, noting that her experience was evidence that there is indeed a living God.
