Holding their bundle of joy in their arms is something every parent-to-be dreams of. Brooke, a 27-year-old mother is not any different. She and her husband Elliot were looking forward to welcoming their second child into the world, but then, when this mom was in the 36th week of pregnancy, something devastating happened.
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Brooke was diagnosed with heavy haemorrhage and she lost 1.7 litres of blood. She did fear for her life, but it was nothing compared to her worry for her unborn child.
Sadly, the ultrasound showed that the sweet baby didn’t show any signs of life. This mom’s heart broke into a million pieces and she was the one who shared the devastating news with her husband. Elliot was heartbroken as well. He fell to the ground and couldn’t believe he would never get to meet his baby.
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“My heart was broken. I looked at the ultrasound screen and could see the lifeless body of the baby inside me. It’s an image I can never erase from my mind,” Brooke said, according to Spanish site Viralista.
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Despite her grief, Brooke gathered strength to share her story with the rest of the world. She did this because she believes a mistake had been done and it could have been easily avoided. She doesn’t want any other parent to ever experience the pain she and her husband felt.
Namely, this grieving mom explained how she suffered a placental abruption, meaning the wall of her uterus came off partially. That caused her to bleed and stopped the supply of oxygen to the baby. It was later determined how Brooke suffered from genetic coagulation disorder known as Factor V Leiden which could be easily detected by a simple blood test.
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Brooke is now urging future mothers to always ask for such test to be done during their pregnancies.
Please share this story with your family and friends, it may save a life.
Even after 42 years of his death, Elvis Presley is still regarded one of the most significant cultural icons that has ever lived. His charm, charisma, and incredible talent stole the hearts of many and he made fans in each and every country in this world. Dubbed “The King of Rock and Roll,” Elvis’ work and music continues to live long after his death and will likely remain popular among many future generations.
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He met the love of his life, his beautiful ex-wife Priscilla when she was just 14 years old during a serendipitous encounter in Bad Nauheim, Germany.
Priscilla was just a baby when her father James Wagner who was a pilot in the Navy lost his life. Sadly, he never got to meet his beautiful baby girl. Eventually, Priscilla’s mother re-married to Air-Force officer Paul Beaulieu who became a father figure and a very important person in Priscilla’s life. Because of the nature of his job, the family was forced to move from base to base every two or three years.
Priscilla said of those times how she was a shy girl who didn’t want to make many friends because she knew they would move places, so she didn’t feel like getting close to people who wouldn’t likely remain a part of her life.
It was when the family moved to Germany that she first met Elvis Presley.
It looked like The King knew this girl was the love of his life the moment he laid eyes on her. During the next two years of their life, the two stayed in touch before Elvis invited her to spend the summer with him in his Los Angeles place. By the next spring, Priscilla moved to the US in a house near Graceland before she moved in with Elvis.
The couple tied the knot on May 1, 1967 and welcomed their first and only child Lisa Marie the following year.
Elvis Presley and Priscilla with newborn Lisa Marie, February 1968
The baby that was about to make their relationship even stronger seemed to be the reason why Elvis’ feelings and affection for his wife started fading away. Speaking to the Daily Mail at the time, he said he never really planned on marrying Priscilla or having a child together. This came as a shock to Priscilla who was still very young.
According to Vice, Priscilla once said, “Elvis had mentioned to me before we were married that he had never been able to make love to a woman who had a child.”
The couple eventually separated, and on the day of their divorce on February 23, 1972, the two left the courthouse hand in hand. They both spoke how they still loved each other, despite the decision of getting separated.
“I divorced him even though I still loved him, but I needed to find out what the world was like, but the greatest thing about our relationship is that we still loved each other,” Priscilla said.
After Elvis’ death, Priscilla turned the Graceland into a tourist attraction and pursued a career as an actress. Her most significant roles are that of Jane Spencer in the successful Naked Gun films and Jenna Wade on the long-running television series Dallas.
She also became part of the infamous Church of Scientology defined by many as a cult which is the church to many celebrities among which Tom Cruise.
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Priscilla was involved with Rob Kardashian from 1975 to 1976 and then dated Marco Garibaldi for almost two decades with whom she has her son Navarone Anthony Garibaldi, a musician and part of the band Them Guns. Priscilla is a grandmother to four grandchildren. Sadly, her grandson Benjamin Keough died of suicide on 14th of July 2020. Lisa Marie Presley was said to be left completely heartbroken. Her manager Roger Widynowski told TMZ, “She is completely heartbroken, inconsolable and beyond devastated but trying to stay strong for her 11 year old twins and her oldest daughter Riley. She adored that boy. He was the love of her life.”
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Today, Priscilla is 75 and still looks very beautiful. She has confessed, however, that her looks is young and fresh thanks to the plastic surgeries. Even now, the ex of The King is working on keeping his legacy life.
Most people love to be up to date with the latest fashion and makeup trends. They do this mostly because they see their favorite celebrities following and even setting up those fashion styles. Throughout the years, makeup and fashion fads have been evolving constantly. From minimal colors in the 30’s, to pastel eye shadows in the 80’s. From Twiggy’s iconic lower lashes, to Kennedy Onassis’ hairstyle ‘the Flip,” the last 100 years have witness many trends come and go.
Recently, it looks like a lot of celebrities and influencers have given the natural look a go. Many decide to embrace their natural, makeup free beauty by posting selfies on the social media and reminding their fans and followers that we should love ourselves the way we are.
One of those celebrities that is trying to make a change on the way we see beauty is Gwen Stefani. She might be 50, but she’s still looking as awesome as ever. Throughout the years, the red lipstick and the smoked eyeliner have been her thing. Today, however, she believes she should let her face breath and take a rest from the makeup every now and then.
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“I do my own makeup whenever I play live,” the singer told Cosmopolitan.
“I don’t know what it is, but something about that whole kind of war paint, you know, putting it on, building the confidence. Once I get the makeup on, it’s show time, I’ve said that for years and its so true.”
Stefani has always been considered bold went it comes to her style which is dubbed by many pretty-meets-punk.
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Makeup, especially the famous red lipstick that she rocks so incredibly perfect, is somehow what defines her style. “I have my whole beauty crew. Everyone I work with is just as passionate about makeup and hair and style as I am, so we just have so much fun creating looks. We love to recreate anything that feels vintage; any decade like the 60s or 70s. Being on The Voice we did a lot of that, referencing all the old Hollywood stars. It’s super fun,” Stefani told Elle some years ago.
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Today, she loves being natural and be an inspiration to young women from all over the world.
“The one thing that I have really changed is trying to get all the makeup off,” she said.
“It was hard when I was younger because I was always on a tour bus, literally washing my face with bottled water, inside a bus. But the key is to keep it clean at night [and] let your face breath because I really don’t let it breathe at any other time.”
Of course, it’s not that Stefani doesn’t wear any make up or is ditching her red lipstick completely. She just wants to give her face a break every now and then. Some of the photos she posted on her Instagram account a while ago are simply mesmerizing. Her natural beauty is incredible. Share this article if you agree.
How do we learn not to judge a book by its cover? Sadly, based on a woman named Kiana Smith, we don’t. Being different for whatever reason can make many see the person as an outcast and as though they don’t belong anywhere, and that’s devastating beyond words.
When she was welcomed into the world, Kiana’s parents and her doctors couldn’t help by notice the most unusual birthmark ever. The distinguishing feature spread on a significant portion of the girl’s face and her chest.
As time passed by, her birthmark only grew bigger and bigger and that caused her a lot of trouble while growing up. Many of Kiana’s schoolmates didn’t show any understanding for her looks. Instead, she had been called names and bullied. She remembers how those who were supposed to be her friends used to call her “Purple People Eater.”
Over time, she learned how to love herself for who she is and had undergone a number of procedures that would help her reduce the birthmark and feel better about herself. Speaking of her condition, Kiana said how she could feel the blood flow and pump around her birthmark. It was so huge that even her speech was impeded.
“The surgeries of my birthmark have helped so much. I mean I don’t have this bulk on my face,” Kiana said.
“As I would describe it, it’s like having this huge one-inch steak, the weight of it hanging on your face. Sometimes I would feel the blood just running and pumping in my birthmark. But I don’t have that anymore. I am able to speak much better which is fantastic.”
Kiana is confident in herself and won’t let her birthmark define who she is although she’s very well aware that there always be people who would stare.
This woman is such an inspiration for everyone out there who believes they don’t look the way society wants them to. Today, Kiana is an ambassador for the Vascular Birthmark Foundation and is making a huge change in the life of many.
Take a look at the whole story and this brave woman’s incredible transformation in the video below.
Young people are considered careless by many. That is why we are somehow ‘shocked’ when we hear of teenagers doing good things and impacting the society in a positive way. I believe that stories depicting the good at young people should be shared further, because that’s the only way to fight the stigma that surrounds this group of people. Just like this story we are about to share with you.
Evoni Williams is a very special young girl. This 18-year-old teen works behind the counter at at Waffle House in Houston. But she doesn’t do her job for the sake of getting paid only, but because she loves making people happy by serving them their favorite food.
Recently, a woman named Laura Wolf noticed Williams doing something extraordinary. Namely, an elderly gentleman entered the place and ordered something to eat, but Williams then noticed how he struggled cutting his ham. Yes, the man was very fragile and didn’t even have the strength to cut his food. Williams didn’t think twice before she offered to do that for him.
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“This may seem small, but to him, I’m sure it was huge,” Wolf wrote.
“I’m thankful to have seen this act of kindness and caring at the start of my day while everything in this world seems so negative.”
The fact that the photo was shared over 40,000 times speaks of the need of people to hear positive things taking place during these hard days for the humanity.
What’s most, the photo took the attention of Texas Southern University School who were so deeply touched by William’s deed that they offered her a scholarship worth $16,000.
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This was like a wish come true for Williams whose biggest dream was to attend university after she graduated from High School. She was in fact working at the time in order to save up some money for her studies. But now her pure soul and her heart of gold brought her this scholarship that was about to change her whole life.
“I didn’t know the photo was taken until a couple hours later,” Williams told the Houston Chronicle. Regarding all the praise she got, this humble girl says that she only did what everyone else would do for someone in need of help. “When I saw it, it’s just something I would do for anybody.”
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We are glad William’s act of kindness was caught by Wolf who shared it online and made everyone’s day. This sweet girl is such an inspiration. Please share this story further, maybe it will inspire someone to do good deed themselves.
It’s summertime! For most families all over the world that means firing up the grill and having burgers for dinner. The Fiore family was enjoying this typical summer evening just like so many others but things turned bad quickly.
Their 6-year-old son Anthony took a bite of his burger and got sick immediately.
He was rushed to the hospital and the family was told how Anthony had swallowed a tiny wire from the brush used to clean the grill.
“We knew something was wrong and he was in extreme pain because he was crying.From the time we had dinner to the time we had surgery, it was about 12 hours later, because our journey started at the local hospital, and then we were transported to SickKids,” Anthony’s mother, Nadia said.
There is not a surefire way to remove metal wires from human’s throats, but the surgeons were finally able to dislodge the metal wire. I can’t imagine the task would have been easy! It would be like removing a splinter, a not so easy task.
Doctors kept a close eye on Anthony to make sure he didn’t develop a throat infection.
The doctor has encountered more than his share of patients that need these brush bristles removed. If untreated the results could be fatal.
A holiday at the beach turned into a tragedy for a Mississippi family after the father lost his life while saving his son from drowning. The horrific incident took place on July 22 in Sandestin, Florida.
The man in question is William Nichols, director of Desoto County’s Search and Rescue unit. According to reports, rip currents caught the young boy off guard and Nichols rushed to save him, but things took the wrong turn. So after he managed to get his son to safety, Nicholas was pulled back by the currents.
People who were vacationing there and witnessed the incident rushed to help and got some paddle boards into the water but the currents were way too strong for something to be done.
Sadly, this hero of a father died and his lifeless body was taken off the water some 30 minutes after he disappeared.
Nicholas was an excellent swimmer and new the waters. However, beach-goers usually rely on flags to determine the safety of the water, and this private beach didn’t have any flags.
“We have no words to express our devastation,” wrote the Walton County Sheriff’s Department on their Facebook page. “Our hearts go out to his family and our brothers and sisters in Desoto County. Rest In Peace, brother. We have the watch.”
We are very sorry for the loss. Rest in Peace Nicholas. You are a hero!
Sabrina Miller and her family were looking forward to a fun day outside. The weather was just perfect for camping and swimming so they got ready and embarked on a summer adventure. Everything seemed perfect, and eventually, the family called the day off and headed home.
But what happened the following day left everyone in a complete shock. Sabrina’s daughter, 3-year-old Kaleigh, woke up the next morning with severe burns on her face. Nothing worrying happened the day before, so Sabrina got really concerned because she had no idea why her daughter would experience such injuries.
Of course, the first thing this mother did was rush her girl to the hospital. However, according to Sabrina, doctors didn’t think the burns were serious. They were only given a lotion that would hopefully help soothe Kaleigh’s skin. But that didn’t happen. Sadly, the following day, the girl’s burns turned into huge blisters that resembled a second-degree burns.
Sabrina then took Leigh to a dermatologist where they were finally given answers regarding the girl’s condition. “I was just kind of traumatized, I was like, crying my eyes out, [wondering], ‘What is going on with her?’” she said. The dermatologist then asked Sabrina whether Leigh had any contact with any citrus fruits while out in the sun. She said yes and explained how the girl loves eating limes.
To this mother’s surprise, that was the reason why Kaleigh got all those blisters. Apparently, she suffered from a syndrome known as Phytophotodermatitis or “margarita burn.”
The oil and the juice in limes contains a chemical known as photosensitizers which makes the skin extra-sensitive to sunlight. It usually appears on the area of skin that was in contact with the limes.
So people who have this syndrome should be very careful what they consume while they are exposed to direct sun light.
The dermatologist took care of sweet Kaleigh’s skin and she’s now feeling great. Luckily, there will be no scars left.
”He (the doctor) released the pressure of the burns, drained them, and dressed them with steroid ointment. Still being seen daily, the next week or so is just a healing process for my poor princess”, Sabrina wrote.
We hope this story will make you more cautious when drinking margaritas by the pool this summer. Other fruits that may cause phytophotodermatitis include carrots, celery, figs, wild dill, wild parsley, wild parsnips and all the citrus fruits.
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