Tumi Morake opens up about her son’s ‘will to live’

11 April 2016 - 16:02 By Karishma Thakurdin

Queen of Comedy‚ Tumi Morake has spoken about how four years ago her son proved to her that there is a “higher power.” Taking to Instagram‚ Tumi posted pictures of her son hooked up to tubes that were keeping him alive at the time. “I had blind faith my son would make it. Four years later I look at him as my testimony of the presence of a higher power.”The pictures show little Lesedi as a newborn hooked up to medical equipment and now as a happy and healthy four-year-old. “The pic of him in NICU was taken after they had removed some of the tubes that were keeping him alive. Thank you for choosing me as your mother Lesedi la ka‚” she wrote. Her son recently turned four and Tumi shared pictures of the celebration on the social media platform...

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