Big Brother Naija 2017 contestant and singer, Uriel Oputa, has revealed that she discovered four months ago that her mother had cancer and had to endure watching her cry out in pain.
Uriel made this known in a video she shared on Instagram on Thursday. In the video, her brother is seen taking their mum for a walk.
The reality TV show star thanked her brothers for taking care of their mum and revealed that the old lady’s surgery was a success and she is now cancer free.
“Look at God. I found out she had Cancer 4 months ago she would wake me up every night screaming in pain. The night before her Colonoscopy she screamed all night in pain,” she wrote in the lengthy post.
Uriel has always been open about her mum’s battle with dementia.
In an interview with women.ng this year, Uriel spoke on finding out her mum had dementia.
She said, “We started to notice quite early because we’ll be watching stuff and she’ll be asking you the same questions over again.
“One day, she tried to cook chicken but ended up putting the whole chicken packet with the plastic inside the microwave. If nobody came at the right time, the place would have exploded.
“She’ll be cooking, frying something, everywhere will be smoky and she won’t notice. She’ll come inside the house, she will leave the front door open and she won’t know. It was very scary.”
Dementia is an overall term that describes a group of symptoms associated with a decline in memory or other thinking skills severe enough to reduce a person’s ability to perform everyday activities.
