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Dying from cancer, but Marie Tromp crochets hundreds of blankets for abandoned babies Pretoria – A labour of love – more than 500 hand-crocheted blankets for abandoned babies. This is no small accomplishment for Marie Tromp, an 88-year-old resident of a retirement home in Pretoria East. Tromp has been diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer and has only months left to live, yet she gives her all for the little babies. “I just want them to look pretty in my blankets and be warm. I am doing this with love.” Tromp is not only battling the constant pain of cancer, but she has also had macular degeneration for over 15 years. ....