Omada Idachaba, MD, was born on October 25th, 1969 in Chicago, Illinois and passed away on February 21st, 2016 at the age of 46 in Orlando, Florida. Omada was the second of six children of the late Prof. Francis Sulemanu and Dr (Mrs.) Esther Aye Idachaba. Her full name “Omadaja”, when translated from Igala, literally means “Priceless”. And priceless she was. 

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Omada spent the first three years of her life in Chicago and East Lansing before her parents relocated back to Nigeria. She attended elementary school at the Staff School, University of Ibadan and went on to the prestigious Queens College, Lagos for her middle school and high school, graduating with the class of 1985. She attended the University of Ibadan and graduated from the University of Ibadan, College of Medicine in 1991. Omada was an exceptionally brilliant student.

 

In 1993, Omada was admitted to the Michigan State University residency program where she completed her residency in Internal Medicine. After finishing her medical residency in 1998, Omada worked as an Internal Medicine physician in various public and private medical institutions in the East Lansing and Orlando areas. Omada was an excellent physician. She loved her job and left her mark everywhere she went. As many of her patients will attest, she had a way of connecting with her them, because of her warm, loving and attentive personality.

 

From a very young age, it was a clear that Omada was a multi-talented person who had a love for music, arts, languages and dancing. There are stories of her taking over dance floors and showing them her dance moves even at the tender age of 2. She held on to this love for dance and ended up taking a trip to Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2002, to learn the Tango. Prior to her trip she took lessons in Spanish to make sure she would get the most out of her dance lessons in Buenos Aires. To pursue her love for dance she took private dance lessons for years learning ballroom dancing, more tango and other forms of dance. 

 

When she was growing up, Omada’s love for music was so great that her father promised to buy her a piano to develop her passion. When the piano eventually arrived, Omada was already in Medical school and was far too busy with studies to learn how to play the piano. However, many years later after she finished her residency program and was working, Omada started taking private piano lessons. Omada eventually honed her piano skills to the point where she could enjoy playing the piano for herself and for others to enjoy. She also participated in several recitals.

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As a child, Omada always loved art. She drew beautiful pictures as a child and 30 years after dropping her drawing pencils and paintbrushes, she picked them back up as a form of therapy during her chemotherapy sessions. Omada used her paintings as a way of inspiring others as well. Her position was that music, art, language and dance were beautiful, graceful and elegant forms of expression that could bring joy to those who experience them. That sums up part of who Omada was; a graceful and elegant person that brought joy to those around her. Omada was beautiful inside and out.”

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After her initial diagnosis and treatment in 2010, Omada through her own experience, became even more aware of the connection between emotional, spiritual and physical health. She started working on encouraging and inspiring people to live healthier emotional and physical lives. She accomplished this by writing her inspirational book, Less Stress More Success, and promoting the “Less Stress More Success” lifestyle to all those who would listen. Omada used her newsletters, blog, talks and of course her frequent inspirational Facebook, Twitter and Instagram posts to pass her message across and encourage others.

 

A big portion of Omada's life was dedicated to her faith in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Omada never wavered in her faith in the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ even when things were unbelievably hard. She was an active member of her church and she served in different capacities for decades, mainly in the Children's Ministry. 

 

Omada was a source of encouragement to her entire family both far and near. Her life was one of organization, discipline, beauty and grace. Omada was a highly principled person and her principles were guided by the word of God. Her faith in her God will continue to be an inspiration to those she has left behind. Her unwavering faith not just when life was great but when life was hard will continue to inspire us. May we all be able to say that we held on to our God to the very end of our lives, through the good times and through the not so good times.

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As the LORD would have it, even though Omada did not have any biological children of her own she impacted the lives of several children as she diligently and faithfully served in Children's Ministry at her church. She was the dear, fun and “happening” Aunt to her nephews and nieces.

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We take solace in the words of 2 Timothy 4: 7-8 which we believe applies so well to Omada- Omada fought the good fight, Omada finished her race, Omada kept the faith and now will receive her crown of righteousness from her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. To God be all the glory!