HER hospital room is a riot of colour – a cluster of bright balloons flutters above her bed and there are bouquets of flowers everywhere.
Even her hands are awash with colour, her nails painted green, yellow and purple with polka dots.
“A friend treated me to it as a birthday present,” Elsje Neethling says. “I turned 43 recently.”
Elsje, a journalist who’s also the sister of swimming champion Ryk Neethling, knows the importance of celebrating these special occasions more than most people.
From a young age cancer has cast a shadow over her life. She was only 12 when she was diagnosed with a rare brain tumour
