She had the lining of her intestine and her appendix removed as they began to bulge. During the main treatment, the mother of two had biopsies performed on all three organs.
Recovery from Butlin’s operation was challenging. She had sepsis and fluid accumulation, and at one point was placed in a medically induced coma.
In a GoFundMe page, Lindsey Rice, her elder sister, said, “We were told our little sister possibly wouldn’t make it through the night.” “Our world collapsed.”
The 27-year-old newlywed lied to have a colonoscopy. After doctors had dismissed her symptoms, it discovered stage 4 cancer.
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“Thank goodness Rhian survived…she was sent home to recuperate,” she said. Surprisingly, the physicians who performed Butlin’s biopsy reported that none of the bodily components.
