{"id":193,"date":"2020-11-07T08:32:01","date_gmt":"2020-11-07T08:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/women.co.ke\/?p=193"},"modified":"2020-11-07T08:32:08","modified_gmt":"2020-11-07T08:32:08","slug":"betty-kyallos-recalls-toughest-times-when-almost-losing-daughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/women.co.ke\/index.php\/2020\/11\/07\/betty-kyallos-recalls-toughest-times-when-almost-losing-daughter\/","title":{"rendered":"Betty Kyallo\u2019s recalls toughest times when almost losing daughter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Betty Kyallo\u2019s recalls toughest times when almost losing a daughter <\/strong>is a news headline that drew the attention of many readers. The former news anchor at KTN and lately at K24 is not an ordinary television personality. She is a celebrity who revels in that role. . This article revisits her account of the harrowing experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/women.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Betty-Kyallos-recalls-toughest-times-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-204\" width=\"421\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/women.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Betty-Kyallos-recalls-toughest-times-1.jpg 364w, https:\/\/women.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Betty-Kyallos-recalls-toughest-times-1-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Betty Kyallo, the former KTN news anchor, and lately K24 host on WeekendwithBetty enjoys publicity. As a media personality you would expect her to be at the center of events. Betty does not only give us the news. She makes news and we revel in it with her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Social media flirts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"209\" height=\"139\" src=\"\"><strong>Betty Kyallo\u2019s recalls toughest times when almost losing daughte<\/strong>r is a tale that starts from her school days when she nearly died in a motor accident. From social media posts she does not shy away from telling it all about her marriage and subsequent divorce with a fellow media personality, Norbert Okari.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Betty tells it all, including her sojourn with Mombasa governor, Hassan Joho. &nbsp;But <strong>Betty Kyallo\u2019s recalls toughest times when almost losing daughter<\/strong> is not about letting the social media get the latest in her life. On the contrary, it was keeping the media out the most trying and traumatic moment in her life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Turned introvert?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Betty and Okari bore a daughter Ivanna. When Okari quit the marriage Betty remained with her jewel. Four years down the line Ivanna fell ill in 2019 to the point of death and Betty\u2019s life was about to go down with her daughter. Unusual for Betty, she almost died with the secrecy of her daughter\u2019s predicament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"183\" height=\"187\" src=\"\"><strong>The facts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/women.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Betty-Kyallos-recalls-toughest-times-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-205\" width=\"406\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/women.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Betty-Kyallos-recalls-toughest-times-2.jpg 306w, https:\/\/women.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Betty-Kyallos-recalls-toughest-times-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ivanna was in the ICU at the Nairobi Hospita<strong>l. Betty Kyalo recalls toughest times when almost losing a daughte<\/strong>r<strong>, <\/strong>she could not share the information publicly. It took long to tell the public her daughter suffered from, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM ), an inflammation of the brain and the spinal cord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Numerous tests were done on Ivanna but the problem could not be identified. Meanwhile, Ivanna had stopped walking and talking, was not able to eat, and was not opening her eyes. And Betty suffered a depression and was undergoing treatment at the same hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The silver lining<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Betty Kyalo recalls toughest times when almost losing a daughter<\/strong> was her lowest time as a parent. She thanks her family for standing with her. She also appreciates the efforts of the doctors and nurses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After four months in hospital the child recovered. Betty says Ivanna is now bolder, more confident and intelligent. 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