{"id":41789,"date":"2016-04-12T08:52:09","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T08:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2016\/04\/12\/i-had-blind-faith-my-son-would-make-it-tumi-morake\/"},"modified":"2016-04-12T08:52:09","modified_gmt":"2016-04-12T08:52:09","slug":"i-had-blind-faith-my-son-would-make-it-tumi-morake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2016\/04\/12\/i-had-blind-faith-my-son-would-make-it-tumi-morake\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I Had Blind Faith My Son Would Make It&#8221;- Tumi Morake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"the-post\">\n<p><!-- .entry-header-outer \/--><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<!-- .share-buttons \/--><\/p>\n<div class=\"featured-area\">\n<div class=\"featured-area-inner\">\n<figure class=\"single-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/tumimorake3.png\" class=\"attachment-jannah-image-post size-jannah-image-post wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" is_main_img=\"1\"  \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content entry clearfix\">\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ --><\/p>\n<p>Comedian Tumi Morake has opened up about how her now four year old son Lesedi made her believe in a higher power four years ago when he was in the ICU.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/tumimorake3.png\" alt=\"tumimorake3\" width=\"596\" height=\"599\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI <span title=\"Edited\" data-reactid=\".0.1.0.0.0.2.1.0.0.1\"><span data-reactid=\".0.1.0.0.0.2.1.0.0.1.0\">had blind Faith my son would make it. The pic of him in NICU was taken after they had removed some of the tubes that were keeping him alive\u201d, she captioned a photo of her son on Instagram.<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ --><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18022\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/tumimorake1.png\" alt=\"tumimorake1\" width=\"701\" height=\"446\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Now little Lesedi is healthy and all grown up and the comedian couldn\u2019t be more grateful. \u201cFour years later I look at him as my testimony of the presence of a higher power. 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