‘My left eye wandered’

What would have been a few days of fun and relaxation ended in a serious diagnosis for Ella Pick, a 19-year-old girl from Boston, who, while on vacation with her friends on the Greek island of Zante, felt ill and believed that her discomfort They were the effect of alcohol.

A week of fun made the woman think that her intense headaches were the result of a hangover. However, when she returned home, her symptoms worsened and doctors gave her a year to live.

That’s how it started

The young woman’s world changed during a vacation in June last year, when she took a trip to Greece with four friends to celebrate finishing college classes. According to ‘Daily Mail’, Pick experienced severe migraines, but attributed it to partying and ‘guava’.

At the end of the trip, his condition worsened. “During the first two or three nights I felt absolutely good. We were all having the best time,” the young woman told the outlet.

The young woman felt severe headaches.

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However, he began to feel sick and believed it was due to the holidays. “I didn’t drink as much or go out as much. I thought, maybe, it could be a hangover. I felt bad. Now I look back and think that clearly not it was good”said.

That’s how he discovered that it wasn’t right.

Back at home, the young woman felt worse and worse, the headaches were more intense. “The pressure on the back of my head was terrible. “I’ve always suffered from migraines, but never to that point,” she stated.

What really made the situation worse was when his left eye deviated and immediately set off all the alarms that his health was not well.

“My left eye deviated towards the center of my face. I went for an eye exam and they referred me to the hospital and said it was a big concern”he assured the media

Faced with this scenario, doctors discovered something that changed Ella Pick’s entire life: a lump in her brain that was diagnosed as a diffuse midline glioma. Health experts gave him 12 months to live.

According to Mayo Clinic, “glioma is a type of cancer that begins in cells called astrocytes that support nerve cells. It can form in the brain or spinal cord.”

This commonly causes balance problems, weakness in arms and legs, difficulties walking, speaking and controlling facial expressions. Among other signs, headaches, nausea and vomiting.

She revealed that she wants to create as many memories with her loved ones. “Everyone around me is suffering more than me. They can’t say exactly how much time I have left because I can’t get a biopsy because of where the tumor is,” she said.

Although she knows the 12-month diagnosis, she is not sure how long she has had the tumor and if she has less time left: “If they did a biopsy, they would most likely paralyze me, so they can’t say exactly how many months old I am.”

Last year he underwent treatment to slow the progression of the lump and said, “he’s just trying to get away from it as much as possible and keep a positive attitude.”