Florida teen undergoes 17-hour surgery to amputate 170-pound leg that grew so fast she had to use a wheelchair
a young man Florida went through a process 17 hours of massive surgery He had to have his leg amputated, he grew so fast he had to use a wheelchair.
Jasmine Ramirez has had a condition since the age of two that causes her left leg to grow much faster than the rest of her body. The condition is very rare Doctors don’t have a name for it.
“His arteries, his veins, his fat, his mass, his bone, they all grew at an abnormal rate,” said his sister, Anastashia Ramirez. Fox13. Doctors had previously classified and managed the growth as a lymphomatous tumor.
According to the family, the teenager was able to walk at first, but eventually his legs grew so large that he had to use a wheelchair. He had to have his clothes custom-made to fit his leg.
Jasmine Ramirez has had a condition since the age of two that causes her left leg to grow much faster than the rest of her body. This condition is so rare that doctors don’t have a name for it (GoFundMe/Jasmine’s Journey)
Jasmine, now 14 and described as “creative, brave, sassy and full of light”, has endured multiple hospital stays and surgeries to control the size and growth of her leg.
He was admitted to Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St Petersburg, Florida, after contracting a potentially life-threatening antibiotic-resistant infection in his leg in recent weeks. His family then decided to have his leg amputated.
During the surgery, which lasted approximately 16.5 hours, doctors cut off his leg, which weighed just over 170 kilos, and removed the tumor from his abdomen. After the surgery, Jasmine weighed only 80 pounds, according to Fox13.
During the surgery, which lasted approximately 16.5 hours, doctors cut off his leg, which weighed just over 170 kilos, and removed the tumor from his abdomen. After surgery, Jasmine weighed only 80 pounds (GoFundMe/Jasmine’s Journey)
“It’s getting better every day,” Anastashia Ramirez told the press. “He gets out of bed. They put him in a wheelchair… He’s doing very well.”
A. GoFundMe The charity set up by her sister has raised more than $16,000 to help care for Jasmine and support her parents and six siblings, who provide full-time care.
“For my parents, it’s very hard for them. To see their child go through something like this that you can’t control,” Ramirez said.
“It was a little more heartbreaking for my parents because they’re trying to do the best they can. They’re listening to the doctors and medical professionals, but there’s not much they can do because they don’t know what’s causing it.”
He added: “[Jasmine’s] a soldier Honestly, he’s a superhero. It takes all this strength and courage to do this; It takes a lot.”
