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Anle Pienaar

PiNSA — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 08:14:21 +0000

Angie’s Story

PiNSA — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 12:00:35 +0000

After a difficult pregnancy, Angelina was born a month early, a few weeks before Christmas in 2008. She was small, but apart from some feeding difficulties due to her being premature, she did very well. She soon developed severe “colic” but otherwise was still healthy, until about 5 months old, when I stopped breastfeeding her...

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Anle Pienaar

PiNSA — Sun, 05 Oct 2014 22:41:42 +0000

Anle was born on a wonderful afternoon in Sandton Medical Clinic on the 3rd of January 2000. She was a beautiful healthy baby girl weighing 2.7kg. She is the youngest of four children. [masterslider id=7] She grew up as a healthy baby with minor infections and normal colds and flus. Anle was breastfeeded until she...

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Ethan’s story – Living with PID

PiNSA — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 14:42:34 +0000

Wow time really flies by so quickly. My precious little angel will be 6 years old this year. I found a meaning for my little boy’s name which I think describes him better than I could. Ethan means strong, optimistic, solid, enduring and permanent. Ethan was born on the 17th July 2008 by emergency C-section....

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Joshua’s Story

PiNSA — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 12:45:20 +0000

by Esté van Rensburg, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Representative Joshua Benjamin van Rensburg was born on 24 February 1999 and was a relatively healthy baby except for having asthma, sinusitis and regular bronchitis. At the age of four our ENT doctor removed his tonsils. Nebulizers were often used on a regular basis. At the age of...

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Heidi’s Story

PiNSA — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 12:40:55 +0000

by Heidi Hudson-Bennett I’d like to introduce you to our three children, Merrick, Hannah and Cayla. On the outside they look completely normal but their bodies are fighting a daily battle against infections. The first few years of Merrick’s life were a constant battle and it felt as if we lived in hospital, Hannah...

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The Boy in the Bubble David Vetter

PiNSA — Sat, 06 Sep 2014 00:16:38 +0000

A lot of people have heard about the Boy in the Bubble, the story of David Demaret who suffered from SCID, or severe combined immune deficiency… Monday April 27, 1998 By CATHY GORDON / Houston Chronicle THE WOODLANDS, Texas – Schools have been named after legendary scholars, renowned scientists and shuttle astronauts who ventured into...

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