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(suid celebrates byFaiza Afzaali;
- LAST January, brave Helen Rawl-. inson was told the devastating news: that she only Had four weeks to live.. • But;the former St Augustine’s RC. High School pupil has defied the odds
: and is now looking forward to celebrat ing her 21st birthday on Tuesday (June 29th).' '
. ' . - She will also use the milestone to raise
■ awareness of her condition and repay the hospital that helped save her life.:, Helen! who lives in Whalley, was lead
ing a normal and healthy lifestyle when' suddenly she was rushed to St James’ ' Hospital in Leeds where she was told that she needed a liver transplant. Recalling the events of the time, she
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said: “I remember I suddenly became ill and was jaundiced all over my skin and my eyes. I had lost all control of my mus- . cles and .was hardly keeping any food
: down. I couldn’t understand why as I was only 19, a fit and healthy, teenager who' didn’t drink or smoke. ' ' “After initial tests,-! was transferred:
to the Liver Unit at St James’ Hospital,; Leeds, where the consultant told me that - f my liver was failing at an unbelievably :
■ fast rate and without a liver transplant, I had only, four weeks to live. .I was' di-
.. agnosed with a condition called .‘autoim-: rmune hepatitis’.— a rare condition in which the immune system begins to at- ■; tack the liver fpr unknown reasons, s ; ■: .
; ;‘T agreed to'go on the liver donor list : and luckily, due to my young age and my': worsening medical condition,-a donor . ' was found a week later.” ■ .
. Helen added: “I underwent a sbt-and- ; ■.
. a-half-hour liven transplant operation . and remained in the Intensive Care.' ■ Unit. I remained on a normal ward for. , two months after that until I was a l low ed .
■home thanks to the advanced medication. ■, : to keep my new liver working normally.” • *
;. ' Helen has courageously led as normal a life as possible since then and is now. .
■ working as a. hairdresser. Extremely grateful to be alive and well, she is Urging; :■ *
'generous Ribble Valley folk to dig deep.. into their pockets and support her fund- ^ ■ raising initiative. ‘
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' ' She said: “Lfeel very lucky to have - . been given a second chance of life as: '
.there is no greater gift than this. My life ' ■ had turned upside down when I was to ld '.'
. I only had four weeks to live and I feel so ' ■ TURN TO PAGE 3
LOOKING WELL: Helen is now trying to lead as normal a life as possible having undergone a iiver transpiant.^^^^^^^^^ ^
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