In a dramatic late twist, Akeem Adams’ mother, Ancilla Dick, and his brother, Akini Adams, have refused to pull the plug on the machines that are keeping the 22-year-old footballer alive at the Varosmajori Heart Clinic in Budapest, Hungary.
Early this morning, doctors informed the family that Adams, a Ferencvaros employee and former Trinidad and Tobago international player, was clinically dead after the player suffered a substantial stroke on Saturday night while he was awaiting a heart transplant.
Dick reportedly signed all the paperwork and asked for a final hour to say goodbye to her son. Persons in the know took to the social media to pay their condolences.
But, according to an informed source, Dick had a dramatic change heart after consultation with Akini and has decided to wait a bit longer for a miracle.
“She and Akini spoke about it and decided that they would leave it in God’s hands for a bit longer,” the source told Wired868. “They are praying for a miracle.”
Adams will turn 23 on 13 April 2014; if he can hold on for that long.
“The doctors said that medical cases like this are like an earthquake,” said a source close to Adams. “There is always the aftershock; after the heart attack comes the stroke. They were hoping it would be a minor one or that he would have gotten the heart (transplant) and be strong enough to deal with it.
“But, unfortunately, they couldn’t do anything when it came.”
Adams has waged a three-month battle in Budapest without a natural heart. Between the night of September 24 and the morning of September 25, the former Presentation College (San Fernando) student suffered a massive heart attack at his apartment in Budapest. He had only been in Budapest for seven weeks since he signed for Ferencvaros, which is one of Hungary’s most successful football clubs.
Ferencvaros handled all Adams’ medical expenses and paid to have Dick and his brother, Akini Adams, flown to his bedside. The pair arrived from Point Fortin on September 28 and it was considered a minor miracle that they were in time to meet Adams alive.
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