'I'm not going to die'
Washington - A young Freestater who travelled nearly halfway across the world to undergo cancer treatment has come home after the bad news - but won't give up.
Jonathan Mather, 13, of Zastron told Beeld from Los Angeles: "The doctors say there's nothing more they can do for me."
He underwent vibration treatment for a week in Mexico for Ewings sarcoma, a rare type of bone cancer.
Jonathan said: "It was very difficult. I'm exhausted."
He was taken on a tour of Hollywood and some of the film studios to raise his spirits, but was so tired and ill after half an hour that he had to go and rest.
The most-difficult part of the journey started on Monday with a two-day trip home.
Tired, but full of hope
Jonathan and his father, Ian, were scheduled to have left Los Angeles for San Diego and then to Washington DC where they would get on a flight to Johannesburg via Dubai.
That would be followed by a flight to Bloemfontein and a two-hour journey to Zastron.
Ian Mather was worried that the flights would be too strenuous for Jonathan, but said his son was a fighter.
"He's very tired, but still full of hope. He's still fighting. He says he isn't going to die now. He struggles to get his breath at times."
News source: www.news24.co.za
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