Betty Opondo, former radio Jambo presenter and currently radio Lake Victoria presenter, who lost her son on 19th February is planning to start a foundation to create awareness about heart related disease. Opondo’s son, Tevin died while watching cartoon during his midterm break.
Opondo explains; ”When he was born, he had a heart problem and he was in and out of hospital for two years. After that, doctors assured me that he was okay and true he has been okay. After I bury him, I’m going to start Tevin foundation to help mothers with kids suffering from heart-related complications. But nobody is coming out strongly to talk about it.
Since hen, her son never fell sic again till December 2018. She says; ”Losing a child is painful and it’s something I would never wish any parent to go through. I lost my mother in 2014 and I thought it was the most painful thing but this time round, it’s painful I can’t describe. I’m confused, I’m down and crashed.
I don’t know how it is going to be. I’m trying to cope. I’m taking things one day at a time lakini ni ngumu sana. She says that she is happy that Kenyans are mourning with her.