Oraycio Cancer Relief Fund

🎗️ Oraycio is Only 8 — And His Fight Has Just Begun

Just a few weeks ago, 8-year-old Oraycio Adriaan Peters was living the life every child should be living.

Then his mother noticed something was wrong.

Red spots and unexplained bruises began appearing on his little body. A few days later, his temperature climbed to 39°C.

On 5 July, his mother took him to the local day hospital. Doctors were concerned enough to send photographs of his symptoms to Karl Bremer Hospital, and the response was immediate — Oraycio needed to be seen urgently.

What followed changed this family's life forever.

Blood tests showed that something was seriously wrong with his cells. Doctors told his mother they suspected leukaemia, but further testing at Tygerberg Hospital was needed.

Then, on 9 July, the biopsy results came back.

Oraycio had Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL) — and it was aggressive.

For his mother and father, the words were devastating.

They cried...