UPDATE: Fighting Chadé now on tube feeding
Chadé needs to stay in the hospital for another five weeks to undergo more tests
“CHADé does not feel good today. She is now being fed via a tube through her nose.”
This news was broken on Facebook today by her mother, Charlotte Diedericks.
She said her daughter was in pain.
“As her mother, I would like to say: Thank you to every person who made a donation and those who are praying for her. You all are angels from God. Lots of love, Charlotte and family.”
In the meantime, personnel at the Red Cross Hospital in Cape Town decided to keep the little girl busy.
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“She received lessons from the hospital’s school principal on how to read, write and do Grade One maths. She is enjoying it so much,” Charlotte told EXPRESS on Thursday morning.
According to the paediatric surgeon, Chadé needs to stay in the hospital for another five weeks to undergo more tests and for medical specialists to figure out how to keep her as comfortable and pain-free as possible.
Her illness, hollow visceral myopathy (HVM), with which she was diagnosed in May last year, has spread further than was first estimated and has affected her oesophagus.
“The professor said Chadé definitely has a terminal case of HVM and there is no cure. We live from day to day and pray to God He will save our little girl,” said the girl’s grandmother, Fransien Diedericks.
”After five weeks we will take Chadé home and look after her there.”
Charlotte told EXPRESS the reason why she had been struggling so much financially was because her employer dismissed her because of her being off work too often because of Chadé’s illness.
“It is against the law to use a terminal illness as an excuse to dismiss someone. I opened a case of misconduct at the CCMA,” she explained.
“We received the good news that Wings and Wishes in Port Elizabeth will sponsor my flight ticket to Johannesburg on May 4, so I can attend my CCMA court case on May 5 and fly back the same day to be with my daughter.
“We do not know where to start to thank all the people across the country for all their donations, prayers and support. You are the angels who were sent from heaven, we appreciate each and everyone of you.”
The family hopes that a flat on the hospital premises will be made available to them but they still ask for help with donations in terms of food and transport for the remaining five weeks.
Anyone who can help is asked to call Chadé’s grandmother, Fransien, on 076-120-2241.
