Have you got your boerie-roll yet?

Yes, that’s right it’s lunch time now and we know you not in the mood to make lunch… so head down to the Portuguese Club in Nita Street and get yourself a nice boerewors roll.

Eugene, a grade 9 pupil of HTS Witbank, is critically ill – and his community has rallied together to get him well again.

Eugene’s medical bills, up until this point, have largely been covered by donors and the Del Judor 4 Residents Forum.

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

Last week, the HTS pupil lost a considerable amount of blood after his intestines starting bleeding due to ulcerative colitis.

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.

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.

After putting up quite a fight to regain some of his health, Eugene returned home on July 21 – but a new challenge faces him and his community; he needs to see a gastroenterologist and receive a scope so that a treatment program can be specialized to his needs.

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