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Support for Thendo
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Thendo at hospital in Johannesburg
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After receiving a call from Thendos school saying he was ill, Sue-Anne, the Founder of Vhutshilo Mountain School visited Thendo at home. She writes:
"He weighed 11.5 kgs (approx 25 pounds) and looked like an old man!! The local Doctor didn t understand the problem. Some of our children have a late reaction to ARV drugs and he couldn't stop vomiting. Arrangements were made to transfer Thendo to a hospital in Johannesburg. Elias Nengwenani (bless him) drove him and his gogo (grandmother) down. She has no money to cover the cost of her stay and they could be there for awhile, nor does she have transport back. I feel terrible as we should have checked on him more often. The more children the school gets, the less easy it is to personally oversee all the HIV positive children who have moved on to upper grades. Please see if HFL could help."
1 month later:
"Thank your for helping Thendo. The Doctors in Johannesburg changed his drug regime as he had built up a resistance to his old one. This cocktail is not good, but is the only alternative. He is moving to a hospice to get fattened up before they will let him return home. He broke my heart when I picked him up he was so weightless."
Several weeks later:
Thendo came home 2 days before Christmas after a long stay in Johannesburg. Unfortunately the new drug regime they had to put him on is not very good, but we will monitor him carefully and hope for the best.
Sue-Anne reached out to Hope for Limpopo to provide for Thendo and his gogo. Once again, because of your generous support, HFL was able to immediately respond and money was wired the same day.We will keep you updated on Thendos health as we receive information.
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