A teenager girl is desperately fighting for brain surgery after to stop her rare ‘walking death sentence’ condition from internally decapitating her.
Allesha Barnfield, began searching for answers to her health concerns after suffering from daily headaches which left her crippled in her bed.
The 17-year-old could not bear noise or bright lights, which had a significant impact on her life and studies. Her dreams of becoming a solicitor were dashed after she had to drop out of college following a diagnosis from doctors of Chiari Malformation.
The condition, which causes ligaments in the spine to be tense and tighter than usual, sees the brain tissue of its victims pulled into their spinal cord and can eventually lead to paralysis.
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