When my little girl was about nine months old, I started noticing a worrying trend in her behaviour with other kids. I noticed how she’d put out her hand to play with other kids, but would quickly retract it when she saw the look of fear in their faces. You see, my daughter has Epidermolysis …
Apart from her EB, I’d always thought my little girl to be quite healthy. What! With a healthy appetite and a healing body, why would I think otherwise? Until I heard those five words, that is. I’ve always known I was anaemic, but to hear that my daughter may be too was a bitter pill …
Whilst scouting for a place to tan sheep skin this week, I happened upon an important realization; in this field called EB, one cannot be reactive! I never thought finding someone to do sheepskin tanning would be so challenging, I mean, I know sheepskin is sold at selected outlets in Cape Town, so there must be …
This evening I would like to make a special request; I’d like to ask that you keep my little girl in your prayers. The little fighter that she is, she rarely complains of any pain she may be experiencing. She bites it out and only whines when we’ve touched an open area or accidentally pulled …
After what feels like an intense battle of wills and “don’t do that’s” I feel replete as my daughter lay at my side suckling away. There are days, like today, where I feel this EB vibe is just too much for me to handle. Throw in a bit of teething and the fact that my …
Two months have passed by my dear one and I still think of you. I remember those first moments, having just found out that your dad and I were expecting another bundle and your sister another sibling. And though I didn’t ‘feel’ ready for another one, I knew that you were a gift from Allah …
I nearly cried the other day. I was almost in tears due to very severe tooth ache. I recall constantly asking God to relieve me of this pain as it was seriously affecting my ability to do anything that day. All this changed when I had to change my little girl’s face bandage. We’ve become …
I won’t lie – being an EB mom isn’t easy! It isn’t easy to stand by and do nothing whilst my little girl cries because she wants to drink, but her blood clogged nostrils do not allow for drinking and breathing at the same time. It isn’t easy having my little girl scream blue murder …
Just the other day, I had the rudest awakening of my life to date – my daughter fell head first out of her pram! As her mother, I should’ve known better than to leave her unattended in a pram that had no front bar to keep her from falling out. But experience had taught me …
Sunday 17 April 2016 A normal day for most of Cape Town, but for the residence of Manenberg it was a welcomed break from the shooting and gang violence which had filled its streets in the days before. The decision to go in was a tough one. Electronic articles and video footage of the ongoing …
