I Was Having A Heart Failure - Nigerian Screenwriter, Dami Elebe Recalls Her Near-D3ath Experience After Giving Birth

Dami Elebe, the Nigerian On-Air Personality and screenwriter has shared how she nearly lost her life just weeks after giving birth.

Dami and her husband, Emeka Emodi, welcomed their first child in 2025.

She shared her near-d3ath experience on her birthday, Thursday, October 2, 2025 and expressed gratitude to God for giving her a second chance. 

“I'm I dying? That was the question I asked my husband and the ER staff just a few weeks after I had my baby. I was having a heart failure. My lungs were filled with fluid. My body was drowning me… simply because I had given birth,” she wrote. 

"I passed out, was resuscitated, and sent to the ICU. Hooked up to machines, on a ventilator, I was just grateful to still be here. Grateful to God for life. But you know what made me pray harder? 

When I asked a nurse what to do because I wanted to poop, and she said, “Do it on the bed, I’ll clean it.” 

I couldn’t speak, so I scribbled that she should play me a worship playlist. And I intensified my prayers — I asked God to just heal me enough so I could use the toilet myself because we didn't discuss me shitting in a bed. I just wanted to go home, to be with my husband and my baby, and to live.

Every little sign of progress, every moment I felt a bit better, I thanked God. I was thankful that we got to the ER at the right time. Thankful that the doctors diagnosed me quickly. Thankful to simply be alive.

And today… I’m here. To celebrate a birthday. To be loved and cared for. To soak in the support of my husband, my mother, my family, and my friends. The support system that God gave me, I am truly blessed. Every single person that prayed for me to just be here, that cried, I love you with all my heart.

I don’t take this birthday for granted. I don’t take this life God saved for granted.

I can never thank God enough, but what I can do is live with gratitude and celebrate the gift of aging.