Canada based Nollywood actress, Lola Alao was shocked when she was told she had contracted the novel pandemic, COVID-19. Alao noted that she discovered she was weak and had lost her sense of taste and smell.
Speaking in a chat with CityPeople, she said: “First and foremost, I will like to glorify God Almighty for his kindness and giving me a second chance, I am indeed grateful.What actually happened was that I just realized I was very weak, my mouth was very bitter but I was not coughing but I was really weak that I could not do anything, so I told my kids that it’s like I have fever, due to the pandemic, we don’t visit the hospital as often as it used to be and I called my family doctor who advised I take some medications, then as time goes on, I became extremely weak then at night I find it very difficult to sleep, I started running temperature and catching cold as well.
It got so bad that at a point I told my son Lashe to call 911 .The ambulance came, my temperature was very high and I was rushed to the hospital, when I got to the hospital, one of the nurses started asking me very usual questions, she asked if I have chest pain and coughing as well I said no but the only thing I realize is that my taste bud was not working again and I couldn’t smell anything tests on me, checked my kidney and liver, the nurse said everything is okay but the doctor will still need to see me, the doctor came and said I need to run a test for Covid-19, I said no because I was not coughing, he said it is necessary, I was scared because I have heard about the test and I was scared to go through the procedure.
“ I eventually took the test but we don’t get to collect the result immediately, so I was only given medications because my BP was high temperature high, so I was given medication to calm it down, so I was told to go and they will get back to us, few days later my daughter walked into my room and told me, she got a call from the hospital that I tested positive to Covid-19, I just screamed Jesus, but because of the kind of people I have been associating myself with, we have been talking about Covid-19, so I knew what to do immediately”.
Asked if she wasn’t obeying the precautionary measures before contracting it, she said:”I did, but you know one can’t be perfect, so I would say I got infected out of carelessness but I am sure I got it from work.Honestly, I was scared, I was just begging God to spare my life for the sake of my kids and my family”.