Help save Eugene with a boerie-roll

Eugene, a grade 9 pupil of HTS Witbank, is critically ill – and all that is currently ensuring that he is treated at a private hospital are the open pockets (and open hearts) of his community.

On Saturday, July 27, the Del Judor Extension 4 South African Community Crime Watch (SACCW) – as well as Eugene’s close-knit community – will be selling boerewors rolls at the Portuguese Club in Nita Street in order to raise funds to pay for his medical bills.

These scrumptious, juicy boerie-rolls will be on sale for R25 from 11:00 till 15:00 on July 27.

If you’d like more information on the boerewors roll sale, or would like to place a large order in advance, you are welcome to contact Paul Manarty on 083 259 3176 or Stanley White on 079 502 2315.

Eugene is suffering from ulcerative colitis, however – none of the drugs manufactured to treat this disease have agreed with young Eugene’s system.

Ulcerative colitis is an inflammatory bowel disease that causes long-lasting inflammation and ulcers (sores) in your digestive tract.

Ulcerative colitis can be debilitating – sometimes leading to life-threatening complications.

The HTS pupil lost a considerable amount of blood after his intestines starting bleeding due to the disease’s effect on his weakened immune system.

Unfortunately, the colitis spread into Eugene’s mouth; leaving him unable to eat or drink.

Within a few hours, Eugene had become dehydrated, despite having already seen the doctor.

He remained unable to keep any food or water down, and was subsequently rushed to Life Cosmos’s Trauma / Emergency Unit where his pulse was found to be extremely high, whilst his breathing was quick and shallow.

Eugene was stabilised at Life Cosmos’s Trauma / Emergency Unit, where he immediately received an emergency unit of blood and was admitted to the hospital.

Eugene is currently undergoing a series of blood transfusions, and is being fed through intravenous feeding tubes.

Eugene is currently being treated at a private hospital because of the generosity of his community – and it is that very same generosity that may well save this promising young man’s life.

If you’d like to make a donation to insure that this young man gets a second lease on life, any money can be paid over to:

Del Judor 4 Residents Forum

Nedbank Die Heuwel

Cheque account

Account number: 1120660491

Branch code: 158550

Reference: Eugene