“He was my son – my perfect baby boy”
Smangele Mbokazi is alone, afraid and desperate for even the smallest ray of hope for her two year old son with kidney cancer.
Nothing can be as terrible as being destined to watch your child slowly die in front of your eyes.
Smangele Mbokazi is alone, afraid and desperate for even the smallest ray of hope for her two year old son with kidney cancer.
Little Ayush Singh was diagnosed with cancer in both his kidneys in June last year.
Since then his mother has lived every parent’s worst nightmare, trying to cope with the grief while she struggles alone to make ends meet.
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“At first I was in shock, I kept asking what was the cause,” the Stanger mother told the Courier.
“He was my son – my perfect baby boy, and it seemed like overnight this thing just grew inside him.”
Ayush was taken to Stanger Hospital, from where he was referred to Albert Luthuli Hospital, where the toddler underwent chemotherapy.
Unfortunately the chemo did not work and Ayush’s cancer continued to grow.
“Late last year the doctors told me there was nothing else they could do and he only had a handful of months.”
She said doctors told them to go home as he did not have much time left.
“What was I going to do? I took my child home,” said the soft spoken Mbokazi while fighting to hold tears at bay.
She was told not to come back, as there was nothing else they could do for her son. What makes this whole ordeal that much worse, is that Mbokazi has been dealing with her son’s illness practically on her own.
She does not have a job at the moment and she has two other children – a boy (8) and a girl (11) – to support.
“I am all alone and I don’t think I can make it anymore.
“His father helps a little with money from his own dad’s grant and there is an auntie next door who looks after Ayush sometimes, but I have no support or kindness.”
Mbokazi said she had been spending a lot of time in church, praying for a miracle.
“Even if I just had someone to talk to it would be easier, just to have people around would make a difference.”
If you would like to support Mbokazi, contact her at 083 491 5532.
“Please,” Mbokazi said, “pray for us.”
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