The doctor advised an open head surgery, I was broken

Jenifer Kimeli, the grandmother to baby Ladasha (center) with her daughter Shila Jeruto at Top Hill Hospital in Eldoret on October 18, 2022. [Christopher Kipsang, Standard]

Ladasha Njoki was only 14 months old when she started having seizures. She was irritable, distanced herself from fellow children and walked while supporting herself as she couldn't move on her own.

Medics told her mother, Sheila Cheruto, that her head was bigger than expected for a child her age and "I thought she had delayed growth milestones, but the seizures which came almost thrice a day worried me," she recalls.