My Handbag Keeps Me Alive | TRULY
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Published 2018-09-12
For 24 hours a day, Lauren Spencer has life-saving medication being pumped directly into her heart. The 18-year-old from Lodi, California has a condition known as Pulmonary Hypertension – a form of high blood pressure that affects the arteries of the lungs and heart. The 24-hour treatment is designed to reduce her pulmonary pressure and prolong her life, meaning the teen has to keep a mobile pump on her at all times, which she tucks into a handbag, to ensure the experimental drug Remodulin is continually delivered to her heart.
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Videographer / director: Elie Khadra
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All Comments (21)
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"Now's not the time to be scared because I feel like there's going to be a time where I'll need to be scared." Very wise.
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I can't stand the thought of someone trying to snatch away her handbag.
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"I can't control what happens to me, only how I respond to it"
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This girl is literally paying to live- this is so sick. No one should have to pay almost 1 mil every year JUST TO BE ALIVE
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Poor mother lost her husband and has to deal with the fact that her daughter might die too.. she could end up all alone
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She’s very intelligent and mature about her condition. It’s a crying shame how much her medicine costs.
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This poor family, she lost her father, has a fatal condition, and the mom would be all alone if she dies
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I love how she speaks. It's quick, it's exact, it's pleasant to listen to.
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She is 18 but she is wise beyond her years.
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The notion that this girl will have to pay $75K a month when she turns 21 is the most disgusting thing I've heard all week.
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Lets start a go fund me for her so she can save up money for when she turns 21
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I don't want to be all, "Oh, she's so inspiring," because that can be reductive and belittling to people with disabilities and chronic illness. However, her energy coming through the video was just so amazing. She had so much calm and such a healthy attitude towards dealing with such a scary disease. Even her grief about her dad, she seemed to carry that pain with so much grace. I really admire that.
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75,000 a month for drugs. That is so mind blowingly ridiculous, it almost leaves me speechless. 75k a year is bad enough but a month...that's insane.
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So sad to see someone so young having to go through something like this, I wish I could just have a fraction of her strong calm attitude, I wish her many years to come.
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She's a lovely girl, I hope she finds comfort and a peaceful life
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My heart breaks for the mother. She lost her husband and knowing that she might loose your child suddenly one day. She is definitely a strong woman.
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$75,000 a month , $900,000 a year to stay alive💉😔 .. $9 MILLION DOLLARS for ten years... That is proof we are already in HELL.
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When she named all the prices of the drugs, i just though “wow... all these people spending their money on gucci, and designer things when some people cant even afford to stay alive” bless her family
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I love how her mother describing her was actually specific and unique, you never hear something like that in basically any documentary
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Celebrities and the wealthy can't sponsor this girl? Her story needs the get out there. Share this video!
