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Pray for Baby Olivia

Baby Olivia is very sick. The nine-month-old baby was transferred to Fourways Hospital and she is on a ventilator. Her mom and dad need financial help and a whole lot of prayers.

The Swanepoel family needs prayers for nine-month-old Olivia. Amy-Leigh and Chris Swanepoel took to Facebook and are reaching out to the community.

“It is never easy to ask for help, but we are reaching out to everyone …”

Olivia has been a healthy petit baby since birth.

She was a healthy breastfed baby and everything was on par with her growth since her six-month clinic check. But Covid-19 clawed its ugly self into the family’s life when Olivia contracted the virus.

Olivia is currently in Fourways Hospital. Tests confirmed that she still has Covid-19 and she has the Rhinovirus which is the virus found in the common cold and sepsis.

It is predicted that Olivia will be on the ventilator for another three weeks at least.

“Doctors can only do other tests once she is off the ventilator and this is also making the physiotherapy for her chest more difficult,” her grandmother Ms Julie Maree said.

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Zita Goldswain

News Editor at the Witbank News Caxton stable. Witbank News has been my ‘home’ for the past 24 years. Journalism is the ability to meet the challenge of filling the space true words said by Rebecca West. I meet challenges, get the better of them and fill space with true words.
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