05/30/2024
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They are on day 4 of a week about Averi's Journey! 🧡🎗️
Part 4 of Averi's Journey
Averi was 6yrs old when she finished treatment. She was vomiting every day and having stomach pain. After 6 months, her GI found that her pyloric sphincter was spasmed shut and they performed a balloon dilation. Three months later, she started having migraines so bad that she would vomit. One morning, she woke up in intense pain and started vomiting every 30-45 minutes. After two ER trips and after vomiting more than 24 times in less than 24 hours, she was admitted and got to spend her 7th birthday (and her brothers 6th birthday) in the hospital trying to control her pain and find a reason for her pain, but two years later they still didn't have an answer.
Her stomach pain was also getting out of contro. She was diagnosed with biliary dyskinesia (3% function, very rare for her age) & her gallbladder was removed which helped with pain for about 4 months but after contracting covid, her abdominal pain came back with a vengeance.
Averi also suffers from mild brain damage (from chemo), depression, anxiety, dyslexia, dyscalculia, neuropathy, bladder issues, chronic pain, chronic migraines, chronic muscle spasms, sleep apnea, hearing loss, reflux, & continuing abdominal pain. She is nine years old at this point and has spent the majority of her life in the hospital or in a clinic. She takes multiple medications daily just to help her function with daily life.
Stay tuned tomorrow to see how Averi is doing today!
