A hard ride for this very special little boy
He is currently in Con Amore School in Kempton Park for children with special needs
IN the early hours of Friday morning, three men will leave Kempton Park on an iron butt run to raise funds for a very special little boy, Oscar-Lee Todd (13).
Through this run, Willem Pietersen, Johan Botha and Arno Kuhn, hope to raise at least R50 000 for Oscar-Lee to release his own gospel CD.
An iron butt run involves a motorcycle rider to attempt to do 1 610km in 24 hours. They will be riding through Kroonstad, Bloemfontein and Colesberg, turning around at Richmond. They are expected to arrive back in Kempton at about 10pm.
Oscar-lee is a little boy with a breath-taking story. In 2007, after a long journey of constant headaches and vomiting, it was established he had a pineal brain tumour. He was admitted to hospital to drain the fluids from his brain as this was causing severe pressure. 700ml of fluids were drained.
They immediately started with chemo therapy but after two sessions there was more bad news. The tumour kept on growing and this was causing physical strain. He started speaking slower and he became off-balance while walking.
A next scan revealed the tumour kept on growing and that fluids were building up once again in the brain.
He also had an uncontrollable fever and was deteriorating at a rapid speed. At this point he stopped talking, walking and couldn’t eat.
It was at this stage that the neurosurgeon decided to do a high risk operation by removing the tumour but warned he was not confident that Oscar-Lee would survive the operation.
After prayer and believing in a miracle, they scheduled for an emergency operation as at that stage he was not able to follow a torch light. The doctors warned that if he survived the operation he would never be the same again.
After a six-hour procedure and five days in ICU, Oscar-Lee showed a miraculous improvement and after five more days in the normal children’s ward, he was sent home to recover. Today, seven years later, Oscar-Lee is a living testimony of God’s grace and mercy.
He is currently in Con Amore School in Kempton Park for kids with special needs. The tumour damaged his hearing and he has to wear hearing aids. His eye muscles have also been affected.
Due to the severity of the tumour and the removal of it, Oscar-Lee will never be able to do any apprenticeship with his hands. As his grandmother is looking after him, she is concerned of what would happen to him when she is not around anymore. He has a passion for singing and is currently getting vocal and piano training from the well-known gospel singer, Ronell Erasmus.
The Treoc Foundation has been contacted by Erasmus in setting up a trust and assisting to get sponsorships for Oscar-Lee to create his own gospel CD where he can give his testimony across South Africa and sell his CD to create funds for his own trust, which he can use after leaving school to enhance his music career.
The banking details are:
The Treoc Foundation
Absa Bank
Account no 915 782 2665
Branch Code 632005
