A two-year-old girl suffering from a rare syndrome has twice as many veins as she should. As a result, this child can die of a blood clot at almost any time.
Little Cambry Heinsley's life is distorted by Klippel-Trenone Syndrome, which affects one person in every 100,000 in the world. This disorder affects the development of blood vessels, soft tissues, and bones. This means that the child from Oklahoma City has twice as many veins as she needs. In addition, these veins are significantly larger than normal.
The girl experiences pain every day, and the increase in blood flow causes constant swelling, which puts the child at risk of developing a deadly blood clot. However, doctors cannot tell Cambry's parents what awaits her, since each case of Klippel-Trenone syndrome is completely unique.
Today, the girl's left leg is almost 5 centimeters wider than the right one and two and a half centimeters longer. Such a disproportion often causes the child to fall, especially since one of her legs is heavier than the other. The baby has to wear specially designed shoes with orthopedic soles that stabilize her balance.
“I'm terrified about my daughter, but my job as a mom is to be strong,” says Ashley, 32, Cambry’s mom. - Every day people ask me about what happened to my daughter's legs.
It sometimes offends me, but I can't explain anything to them. She still remains our wonderful and very strong angel who loves to dance and move a lot."
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Just seconds after Cambry's birth, doctors noticed a birthmark covering most of her leg. At first, Ashley did not attach any importance to him, because she only wanted to hug her daughter to her chest. But doctors said that this mark may indicate more serious health problems, and the child needs to be checked.
Over the next day, the girl was examined by pediatricians and dermatologists, but no general decision was made about the diagnosis, because the syndrome is extremely rare. Only after 8 days, and already in a specialized children's hospital, the doctors nevertheless made the correct diagnosis. The disease is incurable, there is no specialized therapy, and the complications can be deadly.
However, doctors have already injected special glue into the baby's main veins to minimize damage, and laser therapy to tighten the skin on the leg to ease the bleeding process. Also, doctors used sclerotherapy to close some small veins.
Plastic surgeons have rid the baby of some of the extra veins that can lead to blood clots. But the family needs constant money for all these procedures and operations, and Cambri's parents collect it through the Internet.