Help Rene Degenaar
Rene Degenaar has been diagnosed with Aplastic Anaemia when she was only 4
years old. A child diagnosed with this illness, has to receive a bone marrow transplant in order to survive. If failed to get a suitable donor, a child will only live for approximately 6 to 12 months. The bone marrow shuts down and fails to produce new cells.
Rene's 11th birthday was a medical wonder that cannot be explained. She never found a suitable donor and although she is terminally ill, she has managed to fight this illness for 7 and a half years. Rene receives platelets and/or blood every week of her life as her bone marrow fails to
produce it's own. From time to time Rene has a reaction to the blood or
platelets she receives and needs urgent medical attention. Two months ago
her heart stopped and her lungs collapsed. All credit to the ER team at
Unitas hospital who responded in two minutes and successfully resuscitated
her.
The family has a medical aid and we are desperately trying to keep Rene on it. She needs the services of the South African Blood Service to ensure that blood (she has a very scarce blood type- B negative) and needs to be at a hospital where emergency services are available at all times. Unfortunately the medical aid plan she needs to be on and the many costs not covered by
the medical aid, has left this family in great financial need.
I really think that Rene has earned the right to our support with her GREAT fighting spirit and the grace she has accepted her fate with.
We need your help to give Rene another day/week/year!
Our motto at CHOC Childhood Cancer Foundation is to "keep more than hope alive!". We can support them with food and transport money, but cannot pay for treatment. We need funds in her trust to pay for medical expenses.
Rene's Trust Fund:
Rene Degenaar Trust
ABSA- Branch 632005
Account nr: 4052660818
Rene is one of four children. If you wish to support them with day to day
expenses like school fees , clothes etc:
SM Karsten
FNB- Branch 251145
Account nr 62036092063
If you need more info, you can call Rene's mom Irma at 082 497 8990, or step dad Jan at 082 828 9950.
CHOC Pretoria fully support their cause and we hope that you will too. For more information or confirmation of this case, you can phone Yolande at 084 588 3164.
years old. A child diagnosed with this illness, has to receive a bone marrow transplant in order to survive. If failed to get a suitable donor, a child will only live for approximately 6 to 12 months. The bone marrow shuts down and fails to produce new cells.
Rene's 11th birthday was a medical wonder that cannot be explained. She never found a suitable donor and although she is terminally ill, she has managed to fight this illness for 7 and a half years. Rene receives platelets and/or blood every week of her life as her bone marrow fails to
produce it's own. From time to time Rene has a reaction to the blood or
platelets she receives and needs urgent medical attention. Two months ago
her heart stopped and her lungs collapsed. All credit to the ER team at
Unitas hospital who responded in two minutes and successfully resuscitated
her.
The family has a medical aid and we are desperately trying to keep Rene on it. She needs the services of the South African Blood Service to ensure that blood (she has a very scarce blood type- B negative) and needs to be at a hospital where emergency services are available at all times. Unfortunately the medical aid plan she needs to be on and the many costs not covered by
the medical aid, has left this family in great financial need.
I really think that Rene has earned the right to our support with her GREAT fighting spirit and the grace she has accepted her fate with.
We need your help to give Rene another day/week/year!
Our motto at CHOC Childhood Cancer Foundation is to "keep more than hope alive!". We can support them with food and transport money, but cannot pay for treatment. We need funds in her trust to pay for medical expenses.
Rene's Trust Fund:
Rene Degenaar Trust
ABSA- Branch 632005
Account nr: 4052660818
Rene is one of four children. If you wish to support them with day to day
expenses like school fees , clothes etc:
SM Karsten
FNB- Branch 251145
Account nr 62036092063
If you need more info, you can call Rene's mom Irma at 082 497 8990, or step dad Jan at 082 828 9950.
CHOC Pretoria fully support their cause and we hope that you will too. For more information or confirmation of this case, you can phone Yolande at 084 588 3164.
