Mother of son who died from Cerebral Palsy still seeking public’s help!
Then add being unemployed, expecting and having four other children to think of besides yourself, living in a house where you are uncomfortable, without potable water so you have to be constantly buying water to even bathe, cook and clean.
Added to the woes is a nearby mosquito infested ghut which pleas to the authorities to fix have fallen on deaf ears.
Well, meet the grieving mother of eight year old Sikhoy Hodge-Callwood, who lost the fight to cerebral palsy on July 12, 2016 at Peebles Hospital, Miss Idalia Hodge.
Now, Cerebral Palsy is considered a neurological disorder caused by a non-progressive brain injury or malformation that occurs while the child’s brain is under development. Cerebral Palsy primarily affects body movement and muscle coordination.
Wanting to start over
In an exclusive interview with Virgin Islands News Online (VINO), Idalia Hodge opened up about how her life really was with her sick son and now that he has passed, the financial strain that she is faced with and her wanting to relocate to England to start over, far away from her troubled past.
“I’m just trying to see if I can get some funds to bury my son and see if I can just move to England and try to just get a fresh start with me and my kids. Leave everything behind that has been bothering me, all my past and just move on,” she said sadly. “It’s been giving me a lot of stress and a lot of problems…it’s been real tough on me.”
She had to leave her job when Sikhoy suffered a second stroke which rendered him unable to do anything for himself and had to take him to seek medical attention in Puerto Rico, St Thomas, US Virgin Islands and England before he passed away at Peebles Hospital.
Painful moments
Hodge painfully recalled their last moment, which will be forever etched in her mind. “We were there talking, he was there laughing,” she remembered, but she had to leave him to purchase a suction machine that was needed to clear mucus from him, and upon her return his condition had deteriorated immensely, and he was on his last moments alive.
Hodge recalled that she had just informed the nurse that she had gotten the requested machine, and the process began but instead of mucus, it was blood. “The blood came out from his nostrils and when he requested that he wanted to vomit, it was also blood.”
Little Sikhoy was rushed to the theatre and miraculously came out alive but passed away about 1:15 A.M. when his heart stopped during the transfer from one bed to the next.
At the time of the interview, Hodge had said she was awaiting the official autopsy report on her son, who she described as a god fearing child who loved to pray. She had said she was requesting a happy funeral service to reflect the person her son was.
Help needed
With all that she has been through, Hodge said she believes the best move for her is to relocate to England so she and her children could begin a new life.
However, she needs help in raising the monies to cover travel expenses and other associated costs with relocating.
The distraught woman said a friend in England has offered to take care of her accommodation until she is in a position to take care of that responsibility herself.
Anyone wishing to offer any help to Ms Hodge can call 1284-543-6112.
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42 Responses to “Mother of son who died from Cerebral Palsy still seeking public’s help!”
I wouldn't encourage you to leave the BVI to go to England to reside with a friend. Think this thing over seriously. I've known many persons who left the comfort of the BVI and relocate to other part of the US and Uk and had to return because of the treatment they received from their so called friends and family. Pray about this situation. Ask God to direct and lead you. Apply for jobs while you are here and until you are certain that things can definitely work over there, then go for it. But I telling you, don't depend on friend to take care of you and your children. It might be your worst nightmare. Just sayin...
So ladies, if you must have sex to ease your mind, at least protect yourself from getting pregnant (std's is a whole other topic so I will leave that alone)!
I'm saying all of the above to make this point. In this day and age, the persons that have genuine compassion for situations like this (including myself) are struggling ourselves to make ends meet. So try not to procreate while the struggle is on!
friends house, it is not going to work no matter what they say. People act funny when you stay in their house even your own family members. The first thing that comes out of their mouths is this is my house. 2. I am not putting you down but these days, it is to hard to be having so many children when you don't have some type of financial structure in place. 3. I do feel bad for you but, where is the kids father that should be at your side assisting you. I do hope that everything turns out well for you.
God don't judge for you wrong n stop blessing you right he gave all of us how many chances shit man
I clearly recall and respect the invaluable words of our elders; fish and houseguests stinks after three days...
She needs a life plan and it needs to start here and not the UK.
Imagine how it looks from an outside point of view that an unemployed pregnant woman with four surviving children, who just buried a disabled son (for whom she had to ask for help to do as she couldn't afford it on her own) is trying to enter your country. Then imagine further that she had to ask for help to purchase tickets to get to your country. She can't even afford to rent a place to stay in, she's staying with "friends" and has no job prospects. They would surely send you home, British or not. Here is best for you. No one can escape who they are and for all you know, being away from a place you know so well and going into a strange new place may stress you out and make things worse. England isn't Oz with guided streets.