Nigeria's
top professional athlete, Kanu Nwankwo who first had an open-heart surgery in
1996 after a routine medical examination at Inter Milan revealed a heart valv
e defect, has recounted how his wife Amara saved his life and then nursed him back to health.
e defect, has recounted how his wife Amara saved his life and then nursed him back to health.
According to
him, they had just put their three children to bed, and retired to their own
room. However, the Arsenal legend's hammering heartbeat kept Amara awake.
She recalls:
“His heartbeat sounded much louder than normal. I was listening to his chest
and it sounded odd.”
Amara, 30,
couldn’t shake the niggling feeling that was something wasn’t quite right and
insisted her husband get it checked immediately.
Kanu, now
40, says: “She was saying I should go for a check-up so I took her advice.” And
Amara was proved right because experts told him there was further damage to his
heart and he urgently needed a second operation.
“It was the
same faulty valve,” she says. “It was like a ticking time bomb. It’s just one
of those things we were lucky to find out.” Not only did she save his life,
Amara also nursed him back to health.
According to
DailyMail, Kanu concluded by saying: “Now I know that being fit and strong
doesn’t make your heart 100%.”
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