Schoolgirl with rare condition inspires medical bracelet creation to help others
Within three hours of being born, newborn Amiyah-Leigh began having seizures while her blood sugars became unrecordable.
The family, from Attleborough, was immediately thrown into a terrifying and emotional rollercoaster as their baby girl was rushed to NICU where she spent five weeks fighting for her life.
Eventually, doctors discovered she had a rare and lifelong condition called panhypopituitarism, which means her body does not produce any hormones.
The condition cannot be cured and she will require medication and monitoring for the rest of her life.
It was this diagnosis which prompted her parents to find a way to ensure her medical needs were met when they were not there, such as at school or on school trips.
Scott and Jess Mardon's daughter Amiyah-Leigh was born with a rare, lifelong condition (Image: Supplied)
It led them to create the Tapiie WristBit - a bracelet with an embedded microchip and QR code that can be scanned to show a person's medical conditions, sending an alert to their emergency........
