IN JAMAICA : 5-y-o boy hit by stroke; father seeks divine help......"doctors told me that they found that one side of my son's brain is bleeding and the other side is swollen,"

Errol Campbell and his 15 y-o son O'Tar

 IN the last two weeks, cabinetmaker and father of three Errol Campbell has been faced with a challenge that would send any parent into a tailspin.

Without warning, the 42-year-old has been thrusted into a race against time to save his ailing five-year-old son Kevrol, who remains unconscious in hospital. The once-active boy was suddenly struck by what they believed as a mysterious illness, which has since left Campbell and his wife Melene on their knees in prayer.

On being rushed to the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), "doctors told me that they found that one side of my son's brain is bleeding and the other side is swollen," the obviously distraught father told the Jamaica Observer. Campbell said doctors have, in the last few days, performed an emergency surgery on the child and are now closely monitoring his condition. But this has done little to calm Campbell's fears.

"Doctor seh it don't look like him going make it; but I am just keeping my fingers crossed," the Linstead resident said as he disembarked a bus inside the Half-Way-Tree Transport Centre, tears streaming down his face. Read more: