Bella Brave, a 10-year-old internet personality, is currently intubated and in a medically induced coma, her mother says.
The young TikToker — whose real name is Bella Thomson — has racked up millions of followers on the social media app to document her struggles with immunodeficiencies and Hirschsprung’s disease, a congenital condition that causes bowel and intestinal problems, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
In a post to Bella’s Instagram On Tuesday, the social media creator’s mother Kyla Thomson updated fans on her daughter’s condition, just days after revealing her daughter was battling a lung infection.
“Bella is stable and intubated in the ICU,” Kyla wrote, adding that doctors believe her infection may be caused by bronchiolitis obliterans, also known as “popcorn lung.” “They told us they don’t know if she will survive this. I know she will. I know there is an army praying for her.”
Heartbreakingly, Kyla continued her post by sharing details of Bella’s current condition — telling her more than 335,000 followers that Bella was struggling to breathe and on “100% o2” prior to her intubation. In a later update, Kyla shared that the reason for her daughter’s “rapid” deterioration is still a mystery to doctors.
“There has been rapid fibrosis-like deterioration in Bella’s lungs. They believe it may be an immune response. They saw this after the BMT, but why it is happening now and so quickly is unknown to them. The only option they have to help her lungs function again will be high-dose steroids,” she wrote in an update Wednesday morning.
The mother previously said doctors gave Bella high doses of steroids and that she was extremely alert to what was happening.
“I was devastated to see her so alert asking for something to drink but having to tell her they needed to give her ‘sleeping medicine’ first to fix her lungs. So I reassured her that after her nap we would have plenty to drink. After that I couldn’t breathe or see from crying so much,” she wrote.
In her latest update, Kyla shared that doctors are waiting to find out if the steroids and current treatment are working.
“We are praying and believing that we have stopped the fibrosis attack on his lungs in enough time to allow his lungs to heal and function again. This wait is beyond unbearable,” she wrote.
In the comments, the family’s followers sent their love, support, and prayers to Bella. Some of her most famous fans also reached out to offer support in any way they could.
“Only prayers, love and good vibes on your way. Please reach out to us if we can help in any way!!” Katharine McPhee wrote.
In December, Bella was visited by Ryan Reynolds as she recovered from her bowel transplant surgery. The couple sweetly interacted in a mega-viral video that has been viewed more than 25 million times.
“When you have to go through surgery like this, where they’re doing a transplant, is it scary or is it exciting?” Reynolds asked Bella in the video. “Are you nervous or are you cool as a cucumber?”
“Meh,” Bella hilariously replied as Reynolds retorted, “Meh, I like that attitude.”
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