WANNEER die groot K-woord kop uitsteek, gaan sit baie van sy slagoffers gewoonlik in sak en as, maar \u2019n 11-jarige-kankerlyer van Adelaide in die Oos-Kaap het van die begin af besluit dat hierdie gevreesde monster nie vir hom sal onderkry nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Met Mid-Karoo Express<\/i> se besoek aan die familie onlangs, is ons gegroet deur \u2019n borrelende Lebron-James Snayers waar hy saam met sy ma, Chrizelda Dingaan (36), voor die televisie sit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens Chrizelda is Lebron-James in 2016 met kanker gediagnoseer. Hy het destyds erge pyn in sy linkerbeen ervaar en \u2019n knop het later onder sy kniekop gevorm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die plaaslike praktisyn op Adelaide het, nadat hy X-strale van sy been geneem het, hom na \u2019n spesialis by Life St. George-hospitaal in Port Elizabeth verwys. Nadat toetse daar op hom gedoen is, is hy vir \u2019n tweede mening na Kaapstad verwys. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Toetse daar het di\u00e9 van Port Elizabeth bevestig. Lebron-James ly aan \u2019n tipe kanker bekend as osteosarcom, oftewel beenkanker. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Op 11 Augustus het hy \u2019n knievervangingsoperasie by die Vincent Pallotti-hospitaal in Kaapstad ondergaan in \u2019n poging om die kanker se verspreiding te keer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Teen daardie tyd het dit reeds tot bokant sy knie versprei en daar is toe besluit om sy been bokant sy knie af te sit. Dit sou voor Kersfees verlede jaar reeds gebeur het, maar die familie het vir uitstel tot in die nuwe jaar gevra. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Op 8 Januarie vanjaar is sy been bokant sy linkerknie geamputeer. Volgens Chrizelda het die familie deur \u2019n baie moeilike tyd gegaan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAan die begin was dit bitter swaar om ons kind se toestand te aanvaar. Ek moes Lebron-James se ouer suster, Chelsea, afskeep. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEk het nagte wakker gel\u00ea en aan die Here vrae gevra waarop ek geen antwoorde gekry het nie. Sy pa werk in Port Elizabeth en kon net naweke huis toe gaan.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ook het die ryery tussen Adelaide en Port Elizabeth die familie liggaamlik, geestelik en finansieel uitgeput. Dingaan moes dikwels met haar seun twee keer per week na Port Elizabeth reis en om onkoste te bespaar, het sy soms sommer op \u2019n bankie in haar seun se hospitaalsaal geslaap. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die familie is verskriklik dankbaar teenoor die organisasie Wings and Wishes wat hul vliegtuigkaartjies tussen Port Elizabeth en Kaapstad geborg het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ook het Reach for a Dream aan Lebron-James \u2019n selfoon geskenk en het die Choc Foundation hom met \u2019n magdom geskenke oorlaai. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chrizelda beskryf haar seun as \u2019n lewenslustige kind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHy is so positief dat hy ons as familie dikwels skaam maak. Wanneer ek die dag bietjie af voel is hy die een wat vir my s\u00ea, Mummy, cheer up<\/i>.\u201d Chrizelda s\u00ea haar seun was verskriklik haastig om n\u00e1 sy operasie terug skool toe te gaan. Hy is tans \u2019n Graad 6-leerder by die Adelaide Prim\u00eare Skool. Hy moet nog elke derde week Port Elizabeth toe gaan waar dokters sy toestand monitor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chrizelda se raad aan ouers wat deur dieselfde donker dal beweeg is om ten alle tye positief te bly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBid sonder ophou en glo dat alles sal regkom,\u201d het sy ges\u00ea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Luidens die bekkige Lebron-James was hy in sy dae \u2019n kranige rugbyvleuel, maar deesdae hou hy met sy krukke rugby van die kantlyn dop of kyk hy maar rugby op die kassie. Hy is tans verskriklik opgewonde omdat hy volgende week afmetings vir sy kunsbeen moet gaan doen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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