Doctors ‘saved my life’ says younger teen – however nonetheless no prognosis

Then Honey’s toes began to swell, which prompted mum Megan to take her daughter to the walk-in centre.

“By 7pm that night I was unable to use my legs at all,” mentioned Honey. “I could no longer walk and no one knew why.”

“Whatever was happening to me worked its way up my body at a rapid rate.”

Rushed to intensive care at Whiston Hospital, Honey remained on the ward for six weeks, undiagnosed.

Mum Megan advised the Liverpool Echo: “She was just being left in the ICU [intensive care unit] and I genuinely thought she was going to die.

“I’d by no means seen a chest so puffed out earlier than, she could not see or converse.”

Megan shared: “I begged [for Honey] to be transferred to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, however she was too poorly.”

Honey recalled: “I ended up in crucial care on ventilators with no physician or marketing consultant figuring out what to do.

“I could no longer breathe without equipment to help me, as my insides were now shutting down as well as my outsides.”

Finally granted an emergency switch to Alder Hay on March 8, 2021, Honey started to reply to therapy.

“They saved my life that day,” mentioned Honey. “I kind of remember bits and bobs.

“Even although I couldn’t transfer, I might hear and it was loopy once I might lastly open my eyes.”

Doctors still don’t know what caused Honey, now aged 13, to be so ill, but after two weeks she was allowed home.

Leaving the hospital in a wheelchair, Honey has been left with scars and muscle damage.

Losing her confidence, especially as her gait has been affected, Honey “stopped dancing and skateboarding”.

Honey said: “There have been so many occasions I’ve felt insecure, particularly about the best way I stroll.

“My mum entered me in the Miss Teen GB pageant and, at first, I wasn’t so sure; I am not the most confident of girls but, so far, the experience with Miss Teen GB has been amazing.”

Now Honey is elevating funds for Alder Hey Children’s Charity by going to the highest of Snowdon, the very best mountain in Wales, on August 20; you possibly can go to her JustGiving page here.