Young mum who complained of back ache and weakness in her legs woke up the next day completely paralysed. Emese Illes-Toth is now fundraising for a special stimulation system to help her learn to walk again… The doctors said I was one in a million – 200 cases in the UK per year (Transverse myelitis).
Emese found herself in agonising stomach pain as she walked to the post office, she thought it was your usual tummy ache. But just five days later, she woke up paralysed from the waist down. An MRI scan revealed that Emese, who had always been healthy and active, had transverse myelitis – a rare condition that causes inflammation of her spine – but doctors have no clue what caused it. One year later, Emese, 44, has not been able to walk unaided. She has had to move out of her home and is unable to live with her son as a result. The mum is now hoping to raise £10,000 for specialist equipment not available on the NHS, which will help her to walk and allow her to return home to her ten-year-old son, Almos.
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The appeal was covered by the Mirror, Daily Mail. Metro and Ladbible. Emese was delighted by the support.
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“It’s really good news. Thank you for your help Jane. We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has donated.”
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