We are appealing to the St Anne’s and wider community to help St Anne’s Old Girl, Sarah-Faye O'Mullane (nee Johnson, Macrorie 2001), who recently received heart breaking news.
Sarah-Faye's 4 year old son Harry has been diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia. Please read about his story below.
You can help support Harry, in various ways:
• Donate blood at the St Anne’s blood drive on Monday, 18th October.
• Donate blood at the Merchiston blood drive on Wednesday 20th October.
• Contribute to raising funds for Harry's treatment via BackABuddy: https://www.backabuddy.co.za/champion/project/harry-omullane
We know we are stronger as a community and our hope is that we will come together to help this energetic and fun loving little farm boy.
Harry O’Mullane’s Leukemia Journey
On Sunday, 19th September 2021, 4 year old Harry was quickly rushed from their farm in Maclear, Eastern Cape, to Hilton Life Hospital in KZN. At this stage, his parents, John and Sarah-Faye O'Mullane were very concerned, as all they could tell was that he was in a lot of pain and his body was limp. Due to this, Harry could not even travel in his car seat. Tests were done that Sunday night. After the specialists had seen the results. It was confirmed the following day that Harry had cancer (Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia).
Harry has had his second round of intense chemo treatment this week.
Unfortunately, he has not responded as well as the initial treatment, as the doctors hoped he would. Harry is going to be requiring a number of blood transfusions over the next few months.
Unfortunately, South Africa has huge shortage of blood and we are appealing to anyone to please come in and donate! Harry is O Negative. This enables him to donate to all other blood groups. However, he can only receive O Negative.
SANBR will be at St Annes Diocesan College on Monday, 18th October 2021.
The appeal is not just for Harry, but for all those children lying in hospital fighting this dreaded disease.