Wednesday, May 25, 2022 was a special day for one of the tribes of Large families, life in XXL (TF1). On the occasion of World Thyroid Day, a mother posted a touching post about the illness of one of her children.
Laëtitia Servières and Sébastien are at the head of a tribe of 8 children, soon to be 9 because the mother of the family is pregnant with a little boy. While waiting to share her happiness to see another member pointing the tip of her nose, the candidate continues to reveal her daily life to her community. And on May 25, it was a touching post that she posted online. It concerned one of his daughters, mandy (12 years).
The little girl is Hashimoto’s disease, a chronic autoimmune inflammation of the thyroid. And Laëtitia revealed her difficult daily life since the disease entered her life. “mandy was 9.5 years old when she started complaining of dizziness and extreme fatigue, to the point of not being able to go down the stairs. My doctor had the good idea to take Mandy’s blood test to measure the TSH, T3, T4 and the antibodies… And there the verdict was, a really high TSH level, as well as the antibodies. It is learned that Mandy suffers from Hashimoto’s disease, which is rare in children. That she will have this disease for lifebecause it’s an autoimmune disease, in fact her antibodies are attacking her thyroid, and in the case of this disease, she is hypothyroid“, she first wrote.
Laëtitia Servières then clarified that the disease was difficult to accept for Mandy, who was also going through puberty. “The inconveniences when it is no longer regulated often come back, blood tests are often required while his veins are hard to find. And it’s a lifelong treatment. And a strong weight gain that results from it…“, she continued. Then, she let her daughter know that she and her husband loved her very much and that they would do everything to accompany her as best as possible.