Pray with very ill girl (6) who believes Jesus will heal her
'Chadé is a very sick child and we live day by day'
Many people yesterday asked for this article to be translated into English – Editor
A special Facebook page has been started for people to pray for the recovery of a six-year-old girl from Birchleigh.
Chadé van Niekerk, who was diagnosed with hollow visceral myopathy in May last year, currently weighs only 11.24kg and is being treated at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital.
As a result of the disease, her muscles turn into tissue and it has affected her colon. A third of her colon has been removed.
In November, doctors tied her appendix to her navel and she gets tube feeding through a tube in her stomach to keep her alive. However, there is an obstruction in the colon but doctors cannot operate until they know where it is.
Chadé was admitted to hospital on February 17 because her stomach could not get rid of everything inside and stools started to come through the pipes. She was in the operating room the next day and doctors cleaned out her stomach under anaesthesia so she can receive tube feeding again.
Although she was discharged on Sunday, she is back in hospital with further complications. A contrast enema was done on Tuesday to try to determine where the obstruction was, but the doctors did not succeed. She is currently on a drip until a second contrast enema can be done.
With all that has happened to Chadé and doctors telling her she was about to die, she still walks around with a smile on her face. She still believes in God and that He is going to heal her.
She started Grade One at Laerskool Birchleigh this year.
Charlotte Diedericks, her mother, is a single parent and tries her best to do everything for her daughter. They are currently living with Chadé’s grandmother in Birchleigh. Charlotte, until now, stood alone with just her church, friends and family she approached for help and prayers.
“Chadé’s daddy loves her, but finances are even worse of a problem on his side. I sit day in and day out at the hospital while Charlotte goes to work. She cannot resign because it is her only source of income and they do not want to give her off at work that much,” said Chadé’s grandmother, Fransie Diedericks.
“Chadé is a very sick child and we live day by day, because the doctors can only keep her comfortable at this stage,” she explained.
“We hold on to the grace of God and believe He will heal our little girl. That’s all we can do.”
The name of her Facebook page is Gebed vir Chade.
The family and friends ask that people please pray with them.
