![]() ![]() I feel helpless that I can't take away the pain away and the depression. Hannah said: "Alfie would beg and plead for the pain to stop, but if they didn't (do it) he would die. He became so unwell medics were forced to perform an operation to have a feeding tube permanently placed in his stomach in order to feed him. In May 2022 Alfie was hospitalised for five months due to his weight dropping to five stone. Relentless pain causes him to cry and I can't take it away, it's incredibly upsetting.'' "He suffers from depression and has a lot of ups and downs. Alfie's restricted to loose clothing that doesn't go down to his knees. "Alfie can dress himself, but I use to have to put him on toilets. We use a showerboard to help Alfie shower because he can't get his legs wet. ''He spends most of his time in bed and even the smallest tasks exhaust him. He listens to his friends go bowling and cannot join them. He's 15 and he loves sport, he started playing basketball and hockey. "He's unable to go to school and misses out on all the normal activities that his peers are able to do. But now he can't even do the simplest things without being in excruciating pain. ''Alfie would be doing GCSEs right now, so he does two-hour slots of education every week. He used to be so full of life, loved sports, and was doing so well in school. Mum-of-four Hannah said: "It's been heartbreaking to watch him suffer. He had random red burn patches with swelling across his foot, which would subside after a couple of weeks."Īlfie's condition continued to deteriorate, and in December 2019, he was diagnosed with CRPS.ĭespite rapid treatment of physiotherapy and painkillers, his condition quickly deteriorated (Image: Hannah Walton/SWNS) ![]() Alfie was using crutches and the pain wasn't going away. Hannah said: "We thought he'd be better in a few weeks, but it just kept getting worse. But they quickly realised this was not going to be the case. Subscribe here for the latest news where you liveĪfter sustaining the injury at a running event in Taunton, Somerset, Alfie and his family were hoping for a quick recovery. No child should be thinking about ending their own life.'' "But I understand that the pain must be excruciating. As a mother its heart-breaking to know that your son doesn't want to be here. "He will repeat that he wants to die with every feed. I just hope with this new machine Alfie can get better. "I wish I could siphon away the pain for Alfie, I feel so helpless sometimes. It was such an innocent injury I can't believe how we've ended up here. "At first I thought it would just be a few weeks, but as days turned to years, now I'm not sure when it will end. Every day is something new to worry about. Hannah, Alfie's full-time carer, said: "My son has had his childhood snatched away from him. The couple are hoping this remedy, which costs £18,000, will put Alfie into remission and they are raising £20,000 to bring him to the United States for the treatment. VECTTOR treatments are a form of electro-stimulation based upon acupuncture, physiology, cellular physiology, and anatomy designed to stimulate the nerves to produce certain neuropeptides essential for optimal functioning of the body. His mother, Hannah Walton, 46, and her husband Paul Walton, 49, are desperately seeking help for fundraising so they can take him to the USA for a treatment called VECTTOR. Despite trying a variety of medications, including strong painkillers to dampen nerve damage and hydrotherapy, Alfie, who has recently returned home from a five-month stay in hospital due to his low weight, remains in constant agony. It is a poorly understood condition where a person experiences persistent severe and debilitating pain, often after a small injury.Īlfie quickly lost the ability to walk and eat, and even the slightest touch causes him intense pain after the condition spread around his body. Despite rapid treatment of physiotherapy and painkillers at hospital, his condition quickly deteriorated.ĭoctors diagnosed him with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) three years ago. ![]() The teen first sustained what was thought to be an innocent injury whilst cross country running in April 2019. Alfie Scriven, 15, is living with a condition so severe it's been dubbed "suicide disease" and has often begged to die after living with unbearable agony. The family of a teen who often begged to die while suffering constant pain from a minor ankle injury now have fresh hope for his recovery. ![]()
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