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A horrifying video of a woman whose heart and lungs stopped working shows the stark reality of lupus, the incurable disease that hit Selena Gomez and Lady Gaga.
Melisa Woolery, 31, was diagnosed with the incurable condition after giving birth to her daughter Marlee prematurely in 2022.
She suffered two strokes and a heart attack before she was put into a medically induced coma, leading to her diagnosis.
Lupus, which causes the immune system to turn on the body, attacking health organs and tissues, affects one in 10,000 people, with 90 per cent of them women.
London-based doctor Dr Sermed Mezher, who has 260K followers, shared the video on TikTok of Ms Woolery walking though hospital hooked up to a machine that is keeping her lungs and heart functioning.
Melisa Woolery, 31, was diagnosed with the incurable condition after giving birth to her daughter Marlee prematurely in 2022. London -based doctor Dr Sermed Mezher, who has 260K followers, shared a video on TikTok of Ms Woolery.
Ms Woolery, who was videoed while awaiting a heart, lung and kidney transplant, has since had her operation but is still in hospital.
The mother, who has set up a gofundme for financial support while she is unable to work, explained she developed a condition called ascites which causes abdominal swelling caused by accumulation of fluid.
In June 2022, her health took a turn for the worse, and the fluid in her body saturated her lungs, kidneys and heart.
She claims she suffered a heart attack, two strokes to the left side of her body and cardiac arrest which all caused her to be put into a medically induced coma.
‘Waking up from the coma was one of the best things that has happened to me because I got a second chance at life which I am beyond grateful for,’ she said on her gofundme page.
‘Suffering from the Cardiac Arrest has caused me to have to learn how to walk again, learn how to talk, learn how to do all of my normal daily activities all over again,’ she added.
