Nigerian Screenwriter Faces Life-Threatening Incident Weeks After Giving Birth

Dami Elebe, a Nigerian scriptwriter and on-air personality, has talked candidly about a terrible near-death experience she had a few weeks after giving birth to her first child.

Elebe thanked God for saving her life and letting her celebrate another year in a post on Thursday, October 2, 2025, her birthday.

“I’m I dying? That was the question I asked my husband and the ER staff just a few weeks after I had my baby. I was having a heart failure. My lungs were filled with fluid. My body was drowning me… simply because I had given birth,” she recounted.

“When I asked a nurse what to do because I wanted to use the toilet, she told me to do it on the bed. I couldn’t speak, so I scribbled that she should play a worship playlist. I intensified my prayers — I asked God to just heal me enough so I could use the toilet myself. I just wanted to go home, to be with my husband and my baby, and to live,” she wrote.

She expressed immense gratitude for the timely intervention of medical staff, the support of her family, and the prayers of friends.

“Every little sign of progress, every moment I felt a bit better, I thanked God. I was thankful that we got to the ER at the right time. Thankful that the doctors diagnosed me quickly. Thankful to simply be alive. And today… I’m here. To celebrate a birthday. To be loved and cared for. I am truly blessed,” she said.

We join you to thank God for saving your life and for counting you along the living.

Live with Purpose, Love with Passion. Remember to be happy
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