Popular TikTok Star Bella Brave, 10, Placed In Medically Induced Coma After Lung Infection: 'Beyond Unbearable'
Beloved content creator Bella Brave was placed in a medically induced coma after a lung infection.
Bella Brave, a popular TikToker who became a household name through her series of inspiring TikTok videos, is a 10-year-old who suffers from Hirschsprung's disease. The disease is "a condition that affects the large intestine (colon) and causes problems with passing stool," the Mayo Clinic reports. "The condition is present at birth (congenital) as a result of missing nerve cells in the muscles of the baby's colon. Without these nerve cells stimulating gut muscles to help move contents through the colon, the contents can back up and cause blockages in the bowel."
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'PEOPLE' reports Brave, legal name Bella Thomson, developed a lung infection which is suspected to have led to Bronchiolitis Obliterans — a respiratory condition that affects the bronchioles of one's lungs, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
This lung disease is known to be "irreversible and chronic."
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Brave's mother Kyla took to Instagram to share an update on Brave's health on Wednesday.
"By 5pm yesterday the team was able to relay recent CT results with us. Lyle and I braced for hard news and sobbed as it hit us. The best of the best were telling us it looked really bad. But I kept a lifted stare, intensely listening until I heard what hope there was left, that we could hang on to. There has been a rapid fibrosis like deterioration of Bella's lungs," she wrote. "They believe it could be an immune response. They've seen this post BMT but why it's happening now and this fast is unknown to them."
"The one option they have left to help her lungs work again will be the large dose steroids. We are on day 2 of those and day 3 will give us more information on how soon we could see her lung function improve," Kyla continued. "Bella is in a medically induced coma. She's stable and that in itself is the improvement for now."
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She continued: "Lyle and I talk to her, I play music for her and we are reading her all the cards, letters and messages you've all sent. We are praying and believing we have stopped the fibrosis attack on her lungs, in enough time, that still allows her lungs to heal & function again. This wait is beyond unbearable."
