zubinpepsi Posted January 23, 2009 Posted January 23, 2009 within a month a healthy beauty peagent is reduced to live on alife support system with her arms n feet amputated.. this is shocking.. its scary to even read such things... sigh.... ------------------------------------------- Doctors amputate Brazilian model's hands, feet (CNN) -- During one beauty pageant, Brazilian model Mariana Bridi, 20, confided in friends that she was "living the dream." Brazilian model Mariana Bridi is in a serious condition in hospital after undergoing multiple amputations Brazilian model Mariana Bridi is in a serious condition in hospital after undergoing multiple amputations. Now she's fighting for her life in intensive care in a hospital in the Brazilian city of Serra, following a series of operations to bring a potentially fatal infection under control. In the last week, she's had both hands and feet amputated. Doctors removed both kidneys and in the most recent surgery last night removed part of her stomach. "They say her situation is very critical and that her chances (of survival) are not really significant, but she keeps on surprising everyone," Henrique Fontes, executive director of Miss World Brazil told CNN. "Two weeks ago the doctor gave her 24 hours to live and she's been fighting and resisting -- she's quite amazing." Less than one month ago, Mariana Bridi was a healthy 20-year-old who was well on the way to achieving her dream of becoming a world class model. She placed sixth in the Miss Bikini International competition in China last year and took first place for the "Best in Swimsuit" category. In 2006 and 2007 she came fourth in the contest to become Brazil's entrant for the Miss World pageant. Vital Signs Each month CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta brings viewers health stories from around the world. See more from the show » Fontes told CNN Bridi had recently been selected to compete in a national modeling contest by the same person who discovered Brazilian modeling sensation Giselle Bunchen. Mariana had saved space in her diary for the competition in Sao Paolo this coming April. That wasn't the only thing she had planned. Fontes said Bridi also dreamed of becoming a journalist. She was planning to move to Sao Paulo this year to begin her studies. She'd been living with her boyfriend, Thiago Simões, who is now spending as much time as he can by her bedside. The pace of Mariana Bridi's deterioration from a vibrant, energetic young woman to a fragile patient in intensive care has been swift and shocking. Mariana first sought medical advice after feeling ill in late December. Doctors said she had kidney stones but her condition soon worsened. Bridi was eventually diagnosed as suffering a urinary tract infection. By the time the infection was detected it had developed into septicemia -- an infection of the blood. Doctors decided to amputate first her hands and then her feet after the condition reduced the amount of oxygen being delivered to her limbs. Dr Charles Clarke, Honorary Consultant Neurologist for the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in the United Kingdom, told CNN that the development of a urinary tract infection to septicemia requiring amputation is "very rare." However he added that "it's not a very rare thing" that septicemia is caused by a urinary tract infection. "That will happen dozens of times in any big district general hospital," he said. "The difficulty clinically is that when most of these things start off, they just start off looking like an infection. "And it can be very difficult to diagnose: you have a temperature and you're not very well. And you treat it and it goes on to the full blown picture. There may be no clinical evidence of that." Mariana Bridi is now on life support and the only recent communication she's had with her family is through her eyes. "She doesn't talk, she responds by blinking her eyes and she said that she wanted to live under this critical situation," Fontes told CNN. He described her as very persistent and determined, "a person who enjoyed life and went after what she wanted without fears." He told a story about when she first contacted him about entering a modeling competition in Brazil. "When she first wrote to us asking for information on how to participate in the pageant, Mariana herself went after what she needed to compete at national level." "In order to compete she traveled more than 20 hours on a bus going from Victoria to Curitiba," he said. News of Bridi's condition spread quickly throughout Brazil and then worldwide. A message on her Web site said that the volume of traffic to the Web site had caused it to crash, and that the site had received more than 15,000 hits in two days. "The whole world, I repeat, the whole world is touched by the case of Mariana." The message said they had received "emails of solidarity from all corners of the world: Australia, Ukraine, Czech Republic, France, Italy, USA, Russia, etc. " Bridi's family and friends have urged people to keep praying for Mariana's survival. "Mariana is (a) warrior and will win this battle."
veer Posted January 23, 2009 Posted January 23, 2009 ohh gosh... this hurts.... god give her the strength.. or just free her..
Dirty_South Posted January 23, 2009 Posted January 23, 2009 No legs ,no hands,no kidneys,part of stomach removed...Jesus Christ ! Its good for her if she dies.
Kohum Posted January 24, 2009 Posted January 24, 2009 I pray that God does whatever is best for her Whatever GOD does is always the best. :pray: May she have the strength to bear this suffering. !!!
cowboysfan Posted January 24, 2009 Posted January 24, 2009 just saw on the news that she died of infection.
kumble_rocks Posted January 24, 2009 Posted January 24, 2009 RIP ! http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7849061.stm Brazil model dies from infection A 20-year-old Brazilian model whose feet and hands were amputated due to an infection has died in hospital. Mariana Bridi died in the early hours of Saturday morning after struggling for weeks against the illness. Doctors were said to have amputated both her feet and her hands and removed part of her stomach in an effort to save her life. The hospital in Brazil's Espirito Santo state said she died from complications related to a generalised infection. Mariana Bridi was said to have first sought medical help in December when she felt unwell. It was reported that medical staff initially thought she had kidney stones, before she was later diagnosed with a urinary infection, caused by a rare type of bacteria. By the time this was detected, the 20-year-old model had developed the blood infection septicaemia. Before her illness Mariana Bridi seemed to be in the initial stages of a highly successful career. She was twice a finalist in the Brazilian stage of the Miss World competition. News of her illness attracted attention around the world, and friends said they had received messages of support from many different countries.
THX_1138 Posted January 24, 2009 Posted January 24, 2009 As much as i feel sorry for her, i find it agitating that people must envoke the all mighty to come rescue her. where the frack was your blood sucking allmighty when this poor innocent girl suffered such pain and ignominy? her condition is regrettably beyond recovery... all i can hope for on her behalf that her last days are peaceful, and she has the company of her beloved and other well wishers.
sandtest Posted January 25, 2009 Posted January 25, 2009 RIP....this is scary....subah subah mood bekaar ho gaya.:((
Guest Hiten. Posted January 25, 2009 Posted January 25, 2009 RIP. Sometimes life can take a biggest U-Turn on you....really sad :((
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