Our miracle is almost back to normal
Published: August 24, 2005
BUBBLY Tyrone Mukiibi is back with his beaming family after surviving a 40ft horror plunge.
The 19-month-old toddler fell from a third-floor window last month but miraculously escaped with fractures to his face and a bruised liver.
He’s on the road to recovery after being discharged from King’s College Hospital in Camberwell, where staff dubbed him the miracle boy.
Mum Molly Mukasa, 24, said: “We’re so glad to have him back. He’s running around and is almost back to normal.
“It’s been very difficult but we’re grateful to the doctors and nurses and the neighbours who helped us.”
Molly, Tyrone, and dad Henry Mukiibi are staying with Henry’s mum, Juliet Magala, in Garnies Close, Peckham, while they look for a new home.
The shock of Tyrone’s fall has meant Molly hasn’t been back to their flat on Peckham’s Friary Estate since the accident on July 14.
More than a month later she’s still undergoing counselling as she tries to put the trauma behind her.
She said: “The memory of me looking down at Tyrone and blood coming from his mouth and nose keeps coming back.”
Molly said her depression was made worse by the length of time it was taking Southwark council to rehouse them.
The family are now squeezed into Juliet’s living room as Juliet and Henry’s two sisters sleep upstairs in the two-bedroomed home.
Molly added: “The housing officer said he wouldn’t be able to help me because he can’t see any reason why we can’t go back.
“I told him I was scared - terrified of this happening to Tyrone again. I just can’t go back there.”
A council spokesman said: “We are extremely sympathetic to the family’s situation and are assisting them with a rehousing application.”
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