He was to remain there for the next three days before being discharged, but with bullets still lodged in his chest as doctors maintained that any operation could be fatal.
“I came to know later that I was shot and two bullets were lodged in my chest. I only got to know about this from the doctors attending to me while admitted at the Kericho County Referral Hospital,” he added.
His family members took him to Tenwek Mission Hospital where an X-ray confirmed his worst fears that any operation conducted to remove the bullets would be very risky.
A Medical Discharge Summary dated 17th January 2008 from the medical facility confirms that he has bullets lodged in his body.
His back confirms the same, with two distinct permanent marks clearly showing the bullets directed from behind, before being embedded inside his chest cavity.
The doctors advised him to be attending medical checkups on a regular basis, a thing Kiprono admits he has not been committed to due to his low income.
“Being a class eight drop-out, I have dreams of my children growing up to be better persons in the society. I have never disclosed to them about my condition,” adds Kiprono.
His 28-year-old wife, Caroline Chepkoech, revealed that he met Kiprono in 2010 and decided to spend the rest of his life with him knowing too well that life with him would be full of challenges as he had two bullets lodged in his body.
However, at the moment Chepkoech is deeply worried as her husband, the family’s breadwinner has been coughing blood and prays that he gets immediate assistance to restore his health.
“I believe God will one day answer my husband’s prayer that he gets better. It is not easy when I see the amount of blood he coughs out. I worry a lot about his future,” added the distressed Chepkoech.
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