A cheque for R25 000 was handed over to Kayl Symons on Wednesday evening 17 November. This was generated at the fundraiser held at the Allan Wilson Shellhole last Friday evening. A big thank you to all who contributed to this worthy event. An extra R2000 was donated after the large presentation cheque was printed, so a total of R27000 was handed over.
About Kayl:
Kayl Symons is a terminally ill 24-year-old Cystic Fibrosis patient in need of a life-saving bilateral (double) lung transplant. She currently has a lung capacity of only 17% and is on oxygen to assist with her breathing 24 hours a day.
The cost of the lung transplant is likely to be in excess of R2 million of which her medical aid will only pay a fraction. She will also need to relocate, at her expense, to Johannesburg to have the procedure and then reside there for at least six months post operation at her own expense.
Kayl is unable to work and is reliant on her mother to assist with her medical expenses. However, she has been doing her own fund-raising drives but the bulk of those funds have been utilized for various co-payments on her previous medical aid scheme. Due to that medical aid refusing to pay towards the operation, she he had no choice but to change schemes earlier this year and had a mandatory three- month waiting period during which time she and her mother had to fund her monthly oxygen and other ongoing medical bills herself.
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