South Africans unite in support of Creashy Maart's courageous cancer fight
Nineteen-year-old Creashy Maart faces terminal cancer diagnosis as South Africans unite to support her medical need.
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There is no DNA, just RSA and South Africans, and more particularly Capetonians, have proven this saying to be true at the weekend, standing in unity in support of Creashy Maart.
The 19-year-old warrior from Mitchells Plain was told on Friday that doctors could no longer do anything for her, after she was diagnosed with cancer in January this year.
Maart, who was diagnosed with lung issues when she was just two weeks old, finally received a new set of lungs last year, after years of suffering.
But then tragedy struck.
She explained on her BackaBuddy account that “they finally discovered that I have cancer (kaposi sarcoma) on the lungs”.
She added: “That was all because of my immunosuppressant medication which awaken the cells. Immunosuppressant medication helps prevent rejection, though it activated the cancer.”
Doctors have now told her there is nothing more they can do.
Saying ‘it’s OK to feel sad’, Creashy added in an interview on the Kids-Can Cancer Foundation Facebook page: “But it’s important to stand up, to fight… even though your heart, even though you are dying and even though I’ve been fighting.
“My message is to keep fighting. I want to help those who don’t have a voice and those who can’t speak for themselves…
“It doesn’t matter what timeline they give you, even if they don’t give you a timeline, make the most of it - live your life to the fullest.
“No day is promised, I can be the sickest person on earth, and tomorrow someone healthier can go home…”
Creashy has shown amazing humanity by donating R10 000 to help a four-year-old battling with stage 4 neuroblastoma and a nearly two year battle with leukemia.
The Kids-Can Cancer Foundation called on South Africans to donate to Creashy’s family for her ongoing medical bills and to help the financial burden on them.
And Capetonians and South Africans banded together in true unity, donating R96 000 of the R100 000 goal in two weeks - with money coming in after her story went viral at the weekend.
While doctors have given her a timeline, people on social media are praying for a miracle.
One user wrote: “Lord, I pray that you cover her with your blood. Give her the strength to fight each and every day. I pray for a miracle in Jesus' name. Lord, you did it before, and you can do it again.”
Another wrote: “May Allah grant you a speedy recovery inshallah.
Another concluded: “Creashy, your story is not ending here, because God is still writing.”