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Being pregnant is no easy task. It comes with its fair share of hurdles and discomforts. Your body goes through insane changes and there’s always the fear of running into complications. And having to deal with the swollen feet, backaches, constant fatigue and what not while fighting a flesh-eating infection can be the stuff of nightmares.
Young mom Sophie Green lived through this nightmare and boy did she kick ass.
The 29-year-old mother of two suffered through constant rectal bleeding during her first pregnancy as a result of her ulcerative colitis.
Though doctors tried to keep it under control with medication, she eventually had to have her colon removed.
After the surgery, Sophie had had to live with a bag attached to her in order to collect body waste.
However, two weeks after her surgery she discovered that the skin around her stoma bag was turning purple. After some tests, it was revealed that she was now suffering from pyoderma gangrenosum, a condition that eats away at the surrounding skin.
Unable to completely cure her of it, doctors did the next best thing and brought it under control with the help of regular steroid injections.
Given her already precarious health, doctors were surprised when she and her husband decided to conceive again.
It was an extremely difficult time for Sophie as she juggled growing a baby inside her and keeping her ostomy.
However, she never lost hope and got through the whole thing with grace and strength, and as a result, gave birth to a healthy baby boy in January of this year.
Speaking to the Dailymail UK, she says:
“My pyoderma gangrenosum was extremely painful towards the end of my second pregnancy. At 39 weeks we went in for an induction to relieve the pressure off my skin as the ulcers were steadily getting worse. The outbreak is underneath my stoma so with my growing belly I couldn’t even see my wound when I would do my bag changes.
I wish that I could say that after giving birth my skin cleared up like we all hoped, but it hasn’t. It’s gotten steadily worse. My body keeps tearing into itself with no thought of stopping.
The most difficult part was seeing the wound spread on my belly and trying not to let those days it would spread affect the way I treated the people around me. Trying not to give into the general discomfort of pregnancy with the added pain of a wound on my belly was very difficult.”
Sophie, who started sharing the story of her life with an ostomy, right before she got it done, says that she did so that she could encourage people in whatever they were battling.
She continues:
“Stomas and pyoderma gangrenosum aren’t understood by society very well. Pyoderma gangrenosum isn’t a common condition and isn’t very well understood even by the medical community.”
This young mother posts about both, her good and bad days on Instagram, never wavering from her positive outlook to it all.
Like a true ray of sunshine, Sophie says:
“My condition has made me appreciate life so much more. When you have bad days, you realize how good the good days really are.”
What an inspiration she is! Keep rocking Sophie. Your kids are lucky to have you as their uber cool mom.
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