‘I THOUGHT I WAS BLOATED – NOW FATAL CONDITION IS STARVING WITH TO DEATH’
Charlotte Kent, 25, Is Bedridden AFTER A FIVE-LOGE-LONG FIGHT WITH A CONDITION THAT A BLOCKAGE IN ONE OF MAJOR IS CRUSHING HER INTESTINE
A Young Woman is “Starving to Death” Due to A Letal Vascular Condition that and initially dismissed as bloating. Charlotte Kent, 25, is confined to her bed after a five -ear battle with superior mesenteric artery syndrome (SMA) – a condition in whic a blockage in one of the artery is compressing her intestine.
The Once “Outgoing, Active” Student Believed She was Experiencing Bloating from Over -Exercisis – But Her Symptoms Progresively Worshened Over Five Years, Resulting in Significant Weight Loss to Retain Food. Her aspirations of becoming a police officer were were loved she came Multiple Bowel Obstructions, Continuous Vomiting and Had to Rely on a Nasogastric (NG) Tube for Nutrition.
Her Mother, Leanne Bennett, 46, is currently fundraising for a life -Saving operations in the us known as the alvear procedure – where the duodenum is untwisisted and reposioned. Leanne’s aim is to locate a surgeon in the uk capable of performing this procedure, as it is to be less risk than traveling to the US for the operation.
Leanne Says Charlotte is malnourished and fears she’s “Watching Her Slowly die” while they were to raise the surgery.
Leanne, Who Provides Full -Time Care for Charlotte in Earith, Cambridgeshire, Expressed: “Charlotte is dying before my eyes – her body is just slowing. Surgery to Correct it.
“The alvear procedure is so new, it is yet yet available on the nhs. To be honest, she’s ben presenting with symptoms, like a distended stomach, from a fairly young – but of always put it down to growth spurts.”
During Her Childhood, Charlotte was recognked for her Constant Energy and Began Gymnastics training at 13. Leanne recalls she frequently experiences episodes of “Feeling Sick and Bloted” – THOUGH she attributed these symptoms to type. Seven Years on, at 20, She Developed an Unexplained Pain on Her Right Side.
“In February 2020, doctors whipped her appendix out in the hope it would stop her pain,” Leanne Said. “But it Only Got Wors.
“We started tachying her to hospital every other month, Because it was always something – Pain, Massive stomach distension, being sick – and, eventually, malnutrition.
Despite Countless Hospital Visits, Charlotte’s Medical Team Remained Baffled by Her Condition, Though they acknowledged Her Severe malnourishment. By 2021, she required feeding through an n n n na tube as she is couludn’t retain food.
Her Mother THEN SOUGHT A Second Opinion from Private A Private Radiologist Who Specialized in Diagnosis SMA. Following a thorough elimination process, he identified charlotte as Having the rare condition that impacts an undetermined number of individuals the UK and affects just 0.3% of americans.
He informed the family that her time survival depended on undergoing the alvear procedure – an innovative Treatment not unaccessible with the uk. Howver, in the US, this Operation Can exceed £ 30,000 in Cost.
Leanne Explained: “IT’S SUCH A SHORT PROCEDURE – IT ONLY TAKES ONE -TO -TWO HOURS, IF EVERYTHING WELL – AND IT COULD SAVE Charlotte’s Life. IT only Hope.”
Charlotte Said: “I Have Been Struggling for Way too Too Long With the Illness. It”s Really Hard to Deal with Day-to-Day.
“I feel like my life has stopped – the world continues to go round and i’m stack in the sun place. I would be on anybody, i just want a normal life – and i don’t think.
To help generate the necessary funds for her daughter’s Treatment, Leanne Has Launched a Gofundme Campaign.