Doctors ‘saved my life’ says young teen – but still no diagnosis

Then Honey’s feet started to swell, which prompted mum Megan to take her daughter to the walk-in centre.

“By 7pm that night I was unable to use my legs at all,” said Honey. “I could no longer walk and no one knew why.”

“Whatever was happening to me worked its way up my body at a rapid rate.”

Rushed to intensive care at Whiston Hospital, Honey remained on the ward for six weeks, undiagnosed.

Mum Megan told the Liverpool Echo: “She was just being left in the ICU [intensive care unit] and I genuinely thought she was going to die.

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“I’d never seen a chest so puffed out before, she couldn’t see or speak.”

Megan shared: “I begged [for Honey] to be transferred to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, but she was too poorly.”

Honey recalled: “I ended up in critical care on ventilators with no doctor or consultant knowing what to do.

“I could no longer breathe without equipment to help me, as my insides were now shutting down as well as my outsides.”

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Finally granted an emergency transfer to Alder Hay on March 8, 2021, Honey began to respond to treatment.

“They saved my life that day,” said Honey. “I kind of remember bits and bobs.

“Even though I couldn’t move, I could hear and it was crazy when I could finally open my eyes.”

Doctors still don’t know what caused Honey, now aged 13, to be so ill, but after two weeks she was allowed home.

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Leaving the hospital in a wheelchair, Honey has been left with scars and muscle damage.

Losing her confidence, especially as her gait has been affected, Honey “stopped dancing and skateboarding”.

Honey said: “There have been so many times I have felt insecure, especially about the way I walk.

“My mum entered me in the Miss Teen GB pageant and, at first, I wasn’t so sure; I am not the most confident of girls but, so far, the experience with Miss Teen GB has been amazing.”

Now Honey is raising funds for Alder Hey Children’s Charity by going to the top of Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales, on August 20; you can visit her JustGiving page here.

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