“I got Coronavirus 16 days after my first Covid-19 vaccination while helping fight Coronavirus in the Southern Border of California as a Travel Nurse. Am still going to get my second shot in two days,” said Otieno.
Otieno will now have to spend the next 10 days in self-isolation before taking a second Covid-19 test to confirm he has fully recovered.
He is known for entertaining his patients through the art of storytelling, where he performs his high-energy story times in full African costumes and attire.
“This disease is real and it is affecting many,” he noted.
The Kisumu Boys High School alumni said that after having witnessed the pain many patients undergo, he applies his other talent – storytelling – to help his patients in the recuperation process.
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Comfort and healing can come in many forms. Sometimes in the form of traditional medications, but it can also come from someone connecting their spirit with yours.