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a teen in Florida has become one 17 hours of massive surgery After his leg grew so fast he had to use a wheelchair to amputate it.
Since the age of two, Jasmine Ramirez has had a condition that causes her left leg to grow much faster than the rest of her body. This condition is very rare Doctors don’t have a name for it.
“Like his arteries, his veins, the fat, his mass, his bones – it all grew at an abnormal rate,” said his sister Anastasia Ramirez. fox13Doctors first classified and managed the growth as a lymphomatous tumor,
At first, the teen was able to walk, but eventually her leg grew so big that she had to use a wheelchair, according to her family. He was forced to have his clothes tailored specifically to fit his leg.
Jasmine, now 14 and described as “creative, brave, adventurous and full of light”, has endured multiple hospital stays and surgeries to manage the size and growth of her leg.
In recent weeks, she was admitted to Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida, after developing an antibiotic-resistant infection in her leg that could be life-threatening. After that his family decided to amputate his leg.
During the surgery, which lasted about 16.5 hours, doctors amputated her leg, which weighed a little more than 170 pounds, and also removed a tumor in her abdomen. According to Fox13, Jasmine weighed just 80 pounds after the operation.
“She’s doing better every day,” Anastasia Ramirez told the outlet. “She’s getting out of bed. They’re putting her in a wheelchair…she’s doing great.”
A gofundme The foundation founded by her sister has raised more than $16,000 to help care for Jasmine and support her parents, who are providing full-time care, and her six siblings.
“With my parents, it’s hard for them. Watching your child go through something you can’t control,” Ramirez said.
“It was a little more heartbreaking for my parents because they’re trying their best. They’re listening to doctors, medical professionals, but there’s not much they can do because they don’t know what’s causing it.”
He further said: “[Jasmine’s] A soldier. Honestly, he’s a superhero. It takes all the strength and courage to do this – it takes a lot.