No, it’s not the latest horror movie brought to you by the people who created Saw. Sadly, this story out of Brazil is straight up true. 20-year-old model and Miss Brazil contestant Mariana Bridi da Costa was misdiagnosed by doctors as having kidney stones, when really she had a severe urinary tract infection. By the time her medical team realized their mistake, a blood infection called septicemia was raging through her body, cutting off circulation in both her hands and feet. With no other choice left, the doctors first amputated her feet, then her hands.
Doctors even had to remove her stomach during her last surgery due to internal bleeding, and Mariana is currently on life support. A message on her website begs for prayers. “Continue praying for her,” it reads. “The doctors are doing everything that is humanly possible to save her, but only God can really save your (sic) life.”
Her boyfriend Thiago Simoes had this to say, “…she is a very strong person and we just want her to survive.” [The Sun/CNN]
