Kira Nichols-Davis, 17, suffered from chronic pain, chronic fatigue and anxiety after a series of health scares, culminating in a life-threatening diabetic ketoacidosis episode. Despite being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and using a wheelchair, Kira remains determined to become a psychologist.
A mother told to say goodbye to her teenage daughter after a mid-pandemic health scare left her unable to dress herself has said the drastic changes to her life will not “hold her back”. Milly Nichols-Davis, 54, who lives in Carlisle with her husband Steve, 55, and three children Reuben, 23, Kira, 17, and Max, 14, said her daughter was a “healthy” individual during her early teenage years where she loved playing for the county netball team and taking part in musical theatre.
Despite the tumultuous changes to her life, Kira remains focused with “ambition”, completing her GSCEs and now taking her A-levels with a desire to become a psychologist in the future – with her mother saying she does not feel anything is “holding her back”. “I thought they were migraines at first,” Milly said. Kira was put on some medication to help with the pain, but the symptoms persisted until she started to experience physical pains which impacted her movement and incredibly sensitive skin.
“Her anxiety takes on a physical form, she goes into flight, fright or freeze,” Milly explained. “She became bed bound… it was so scary and so traumatic, she’d completely lost her ability to be able to move.” “She had pale blue lips, she had purple-blue fingertips and she was in and out of being lucid,” Milly said. Kira was taken to Gloucester Royal Hospital for further treatment, where she was placed on the intensive care ward for four days and underwent small operations to get IV lines and drips into her veins.
“During Covid, Kira got so scared about getting sick and catching germs, whenever she would go to school I would see her body tensing up.”
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