A Scots mum who was advised to consider abortion after discovering her son would be paralysed has shared his amazing progress after she underwent ground breaking foetal surgery.
31.10.2022 - 09:17 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A teenage girl has demanded more support for young people with bowel disease after her illness left her suicidal.
Abbie Gray, 18, sank into depression after being diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease, which is wrongly viewed as an older person’s disease.
There was very little specialist NHS help available to Abbie to help with the emotional trauma.
It was only thanks to Crohn’s and colitis charity, the Catherine McEwan Foundation, that Abbie was helped.
Abbie’s symptoms began in November 2020 and three months later, at just 16, she was diagnosed with the incurable inflammatory bowel disease.
As well as pain and bowel problems, the illness also affected her sight.
Abbie said: “When the symptoms started I had absolutely no energy. I had a massive loss in appetite and I got really skinny. I was being sick and felt sick and struggled to go to the toilet.
“I had spells with severe dizziness and got lots of headaches.
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“I lost vision completely in my right eye and slightly in my left.
“I have been left with permanent damage in my right eye, everything is distorted.
“I had pain in my legs and it was difficult to walk, It was painful even to get out of bed and stand up.”
The symptoms can be life-threatening and require hospital
A Scots mum who was advised to consider abortion after discovering her son would be paralysed has shared his amazing progress after she underwent ground breaking foetal surgery.
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