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Holy . Sounds like she may very well be on her death bed from something that started as a simple UTI. Frightening.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americ...zil/index.html
Man that truly sucks!
(CNN) -- The family of a 20-year-old Brazilian model who is fighting for her life after having her hands and feet amputated have urged her supporters around the world to keep praying for their daughter.
Brazilian model Mariana Bridi is in a serious condition in hospital after undergoing multiple amputations.
A blog created to provide updates on Mariana Bridi da Costa's condition says the model's stomach had to be removed during the last surgery due to internal bleeding.
"Continue praying for her. The doctors are doing everything that is humanly possible to save her, but only God can really save your (sic) life," says the most recent post by Renato Lindgren.
Da Costa's boyfriend, Thiago Simoes, told the G1 news Web site that Bridi fell ill on December 30 and was initially misdiagnosed with kidney stones.
When her condition worsened she returned to hospital where doctors determined she was suffering from a severe urinary tract infection.
By then, Bridi was also suffering from septicimea, a blood infection that limited the supply of oxygen to her extremities.
The condition forced doctors to amputate first her hands and then her feet.
Her father, Agnaldo da Costa, is said to have told Folha de S Paulo newspaper that "the concern is over her life."
The executive director of Miss World Brazil, Henrique Fontes, issued a call for blood donors.
According to the blogsite, Bridi has a rare negative blood type. By Tuesday, it said more than 100 people had donated blood in her name.
News of Bridi's condition spread quickly throughout Brazil and then worldwide.
A message on her Web site said that the volume of traffic to the Web site had caused it to crash, and that the site had received more than 15,000 hits in two days.
"The whole world, I repeat, the whole world is touched by the case of Mariana."
The message said they had received "emails of solidarity from all corners of the world: Australia, Ukraine, Czech Republic, France, Italy, USA, Russia, etc.. "
Bridi's family and friends have urged people to keep praying for Mariana's survival. "Mariana is (a) warrior and will win this battle."
In 2007 and 2008, Bridi came fourth in the quest to find Miss World Brazil, representing first the coastal town of Guarapari and then the town of Sergipe.
She also came fourth in the Face of the Universe compe ion held in South Africa in 2007. And last year she won the award for the best body in the Miss Bikini International compe ion held in China.
Holy . Sounds like she may very well be on her death bed from something that started as a simple UTI. Frightening.
That's horrible.
Always remember these freak medical occurrences can happen to you any time no matter how great life is atm.
She is so young too.
anyone got any witty jokes about how she got her UTI
House would have diagnosed this right off the bat.
Would you still go out with her?
I'll get back to you.
That would make an awesome episode.
Yeah would you?
but he would have undressed her with his eyes half the episode thus making her illness worse. I should have been a doctor. I would be operating with wood
Nah, I like to get a hand job at the end of the date.
It's so sad because whether it was from the kidneys or the UTI, the septicemia and all the subsequent complications could most probably been helped by some good antibiotics early on. Unfortunately, a relatively small number of super infections have caused a world wide frenzy of "antibiotic overuse paranoia". That and the modern mindset of "drug companies are just money grubbers and doctors push their products for financial gain only". I'm not saying that was the cause of her problems, but often it delays proper treatment.
That would make you a carpenter.
I've got to hand it to those doctors.
The first doctors definately did not put their best foot foward
no that would make me a horny doctor with 100 malpractice suits going on at once.
House would have tossed her a bottle of Cranberry juice and slapped her on the ass on the way out.
Not if you're an anisthesiologist.
I'm willing to bet that they put their hot patients to sleep and then bang the out of them.
Well PW is back to normal...
can you imagine? I mean they have to be professional and all but if your examining or operating on a hot chick they would have to check them out. They are human
I know I would.
Man, that sucks. Being so young and having both hands, both feet, AND parts of your stomach removed. I feel for her.
I'm not sure if they updated their article, but when you click and read the link it says both of her kidneys have also been removed.
What a sad freaking story.
Only after testing her for every known autoimmune disease first.
2Blonde is the most beautiful poster on ST.Only after testing her for every known autoimmune disease first.
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