Chadé’s family receives heartbreaking news
Her mom is in desperate need of money to stay with her critically ill daughter
UPDATE: Chadé now on tube feeding
Chadé van Niekerk’s family received the heartbreaking news earlier today that there was nothing more doctors could do for the six-year-old girl.
According to her Facebook page, Gebed vir Chadé, the professor treating her, on Tuesday said all they could do was to feed her through a tube in her nose and keep her comfortable.
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Chadé was flown to the Red Cross Memorial Children’s Hospital on Friday evening after kindhearted people had paid for airline tickets.
Her illness, hollow visceral myopathy, has spread further than was first estimated. The illness affects her muscles which then turn into tissue.
It has already affected her esophagus, colon and small entestine. The reason why the illiostomy is bleeding is because it has also been affected.
Chadé will have to stay in hospital for another five weeks. Her mother, Charlotte Diedericks, only has accommodation and a rental car until May 2. She needs help to stay with her critically ill child in Cape Town until the second week in June.
Anyone who can help is asked to call Chadé’s grandmother, Fransie, on 076 120 2241. Her mother is too emotional to take any calls at this stage.
