'That was the first day I really cried,' Janet Mbugua talks about gallbladder removal and giving birth through CS

Piece by: Caren Nyota
Lifestyle

Media personality Janet Mbugua recently welcomed her second baby through C section although she had opted for a normal delivery.

The mother of two revealed that she was in pain and her gallbladder was removed after spending two hours in theatre.

By Wednesday, the pain became too much to bear and couldn't breathe. I went for an MRCP. The procedure is toucher. While I was being examined, the doctor told me 'we can see gallstones in your system and that's why making you have all that pain and that's what had caused Jaundice. And it also looks like you're having gallbladder has issues.

Janet Mbugua was surrounded by her family during that time and she was in their presence when the doctor told her that she should consider having her gallbladder removed.

I fasted from 9am -7pm before surgery. 7pm came and I started to get nervous because you never know how it will go. As I was about to be wheeled to theatre, I remember holding my newborn baby kissing him and crying. That was the first day I really cried. I was calling his name.

She went on to narrate the procedure, saying;

After two hours of surgery, I was just there praying telling God to help me. next time I woke was 3 am and was back in my bed. In the morning, two doctors who did the different procedures visited me to tell me how theoperations went. 'They were able to decompress the sick organs.' The second doctor told me we were able to remove the gallbladder and you're fine.

Janet is recuperating and has employed a nurse to help her at home. She revealed that gallbladder is a lifestyle disease and also genetic. Gallbladder issues run in her family and her parents and relatives have had their gallbladders removed among them her father.

Mbugua's revelations have left many sympathizing with her. Below is the video