The Girl who would never eat
i wasnt sure if i wanted to write about these kinds of things but i found it more intresting then anything else, the girl who wouldnt eat, well basically, earlier on i saw this programme on TV, well the ending of it, it was about a girl who i believe was about 8-9 years old that has never eaten, anything in her life, its difficult to believe but true, made me feel sorry for her.
Basically from what i understand, the doctors in England tried helping her but were baffled by the whole situation, her mom, and brother went to Austria, and she had this tube thing that feeds her stomach, basically since she was a baby if im not mistaken shes had to have this in order to survive.
from what i understand she stayed in this hospital where the staff, and nurses were trying to find out why she wouldnt eat, but would drink water, obviously without the tube feeding her, she would die, i believe she weighed only 20kgs, im not sure if thats normal for someone of her size, to be honest, anyways.
they did these series of test on her, to see if its a physilogical reason or otherwise, they like used a camera to check down her throat if their was any damage or defects, which they found none, they then assumed by removing the tube she may have no other choice but to eat.
they came to the conclusion that the girl was in her own world, and this tube thing was a part of it, i mean she really didnt want to eat, not that she couldnt, she was apparently fine, she was then diagnosed with some mental illness..
long story short the girl eventually moved onto fluids that could substain her, so she actually had calorie intake, went back to school and survived on just that..
no idea how old the programme, is, it showed her trying foods but not swallowing, obviously this is a big step for the girl, but.. it kinda makes me wonder whenever or not she actually is cured by now?
sucks that they dont make a sequal, tho in reality it probably isnt good for the girl in general or the family to get that much exposure on TV..
well anyway i found it intresting.. thats basically what i saw