Olivia, a girl abroad, suffers from an extremely rare and complicated gastrointestinal failure and must receive intravenous injections for up to 22 hours a day to maintain her life. (Photo/provided by family members)
Like most nine-year-old girls, Olivia was a happy, lively child, but Olivia was bound by life restrictions and had to receive intravenous fluids for up to 22 hours a day. Injections are life-sustaining, and it turns out that the premature girl was diagnosed with an extremely rare and complex form of gastrointestinal failure in which her organs were unable to produce and deliver the nutrients her body needed, and because she had been unable to eat, drink, go to school, or even Can’t have a normal childhood.
Olivia, a girl abroad, suffers from an extremely rare and complicated gastrointestinal failure and must receive intravenous injections for up to 22 hours a day to maintain her life. (Photo/provided by family members)
According to the “Daily Mirror” report, in addition, Olivia’s stomach, intestines and bladder will even have spasms, which can even cause quite uncomfortable pain. Her mother Emma Collins (Emma Colins) described this. Like a pregnant woman in labor pain, poor Olivia’s condition was so severe that doctors hadn’t expected her to survive her teenage years.
Vomiting, fatigue, dizziness, and fainting have become Olivia’s daily life, but it seems that it is not a big deal in Emma’s eyes. The reason is that her other daughter also died of the same symptoms. In 1998, her beloved daughter Jessica (Jessica) died of the same illness at the age of 3.
In order to maintain Olivia’s life, the hospital treated her with total parenteral nutrition (TPN). Simply put, it is to deliver nutrients to her blood through intravenous injection and drip. Olivia has had intravenous injections 7 days a week since she was 4 years old, but she was once malnourished and even suffered intestinal failure as she had difficulty adapting at first.
Emma said, “TPN caused Olivia to be very tired, she would have symptoms of dehydration, and she would have symptoms of dehydration, and even fainted and dizzy.” The hospital put Olivia on TPN for 12 hours at first, then it was extended to 14 hours, then 16 hours, and she must now be on TPN 22 hours a day.
Emma said that going through such a treatment plan also made the whole family “exhausted”, and her son Olivia was even diagnosed with autism and anxiety disorders. “Although Olivia’s physical condition is not good, she A very happy, funny, smart, sassy young girl, beautiful inside and out, very brave and a true warrior princess who is fighting for her life.” Olivia remains optimistic despite the torment of her illness, and Emma added, “If she can wake up every day and feel really happy, no matter how many conditions she has been through, or what pain she has suffered, then we will fight this disease together with her. , stand up for Olivia.”
Olivia, a girl abroad, suffers from an extremely rare and complicated gastrointestinal failure and must receive intravenous injections for up to 22 hours a day to maintain her life. (Picture / Reposted from Twitter)
2023-08-14 08:12:19
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