Rapper Jua Cali has opened up about his son’s condition that affected his self-esteem.
His firstborn son, Evans, underwent eye surgery in December last year after he was diagnosed with a condition called Ptosis. It is an abnormal low-lying or drooping upper-eyelid, also known as lazy-eye.
“He was born with the condition and was always disturbed by it even in school,” Jua Cali revealed.
He spoke of how the condition weighed down his son, to a point it affected his self-esteem.
“He felt harassed by his school mates who would always make fun of him,” he said.
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However, the Genge artiste said they got a good hospital and he was treated he is okay.
His mother Lilly Asigo last year took to social media to complain after a school worker pinched Evans and told him to stop looking at him with a bad eye.
After the surgery, Jua Cali’s wife took to social media to pen a heartfelt post celebrating the good news.
“I remember fighting back tears every time someone asked me about my son’s eye condition…you can imagine the countless times both the kids and adults asked him about it. When Doreen came, he asked why she has round eyes and not like his. The same happened when Abby came. That question seems easy to answer but it wasn’t.”
She continued, “He slowly started refusing to take pics and would shy off when you keep eye contact. He likes running and He used to fall down every now and then and I knew something was wrong! He had to lift his droopy eyelid or tilt his head to improve his vision.”
Adding after the successful surgery, “BUT NOT ANYMORE!!! Thanks to the almighty God and the amazing medical team we got. On the 13th of December 2018, his life changed for the better. His self-esteem has improved so much since and he says God and his ophthalmologist are the best! Couldn’t be happier as parents.”
While Jua Cali posted: “I love you son. You and I should write a book.”
Speaking to us, Jua Cali added, “We thank God, he is doing well. It is a condition that is not rare because even in the hospital, there were even grown-ups who were having the same condition.”
He urge parents to keep checking on their children to know when they have a problem.
Jua Cali is working on a new album called ‘Mali ya Uma’.