'I'm scared': TikTok mum's sudden death following health fears
By Jo Abi|
A British mum who gained popularity sharing her life on TikTok ?has died after a mysterious health battle that saw her in and out of hospital for weeks.
Jehane Thomas, 30, who shared videos at @jehanethomas 1, reportedly died on March 17 after suffering from severe migraines.
She described her condition saying the headaches were so bad she was feeling nauseous, having trouble walking? and at one point felt like she could breathe.
At one point she shared a video explaining she felt "no one is taking me seriously."?
"I keep saying it, but I'm just so fed up and if anything, I'm so scared because it's my head and it feels like my head is going to fall off," she continued in one of many videos shared in the weeks before her death. "I just don't know what to do."
In another video she said she'd been told she'd be going into surgery the next day, only to share another video the following morning showing her struggling and still awaiting surgery. Jehane died shortly after.
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Jehane began sharing her health struggles on TikTok and Instagram earlier this month, telling her followers she was undergoing a CT scan and then an MRI in an attempt to find the cause of her severe migranes.
?She shared her CT scan results in a video, explaining: "CT scan results came back fine, I have to stay in until MRI results come back so if it's not done tomorrow, I'm here until it is. They're investigating a suspected leak on my spine."
Her next few videos show her waiting for her MRI results, writing: "I'm noticing I am worse in the morning when my blood pressure is lowest. I'm feeling every so sick, my head is throbbing, I feel faint and I'm still waiting on a neurologist to go through my MRI results with me."
In her next video Jehane explained the neurologist confirmed a leak on her spine for which she would need "blood patch which is injecting blood into my spine to fix the leak."
She was then told the leak could "fix itself" without the blood patch. After five days in hospital she says she was told they would go ahead with the blood patch, only to be told there were concerns about how the damage to her spine had occurred in the first place and fears the blood patch would make her situation worse.
At this point Jehane spoke about how much she was missing her two boys who visited her in hospital, perking her up.
In her next update she explained she was taken into theatre for the blood patch surgery only to be told it wouldn't be happening.
Jehane was discharged from hospital with no treatment only to return days later.
This time she faced a 36-hour wait for a hospital bed and was placed back on the list for the blood patch procedure.
In her second-last video filmed at night time Jehane tells her followers she has been told the procedure will take place the following morning.
Her final video shows her in bed unable to move due to the pain. She died shortly after.?
Her followers have reacted to her shock death with an outpouring of messages on TikTok and Instagram, with many laying blame on the overloaded NHS (National Health Service) which they claim is responsible for her death.
"I am so glad she was able to document this.. too many hospitals get away with things like this and it's inexcusable! Condolences to her family, I hope," one wrote.
"Hope her family get an independent autopsy done! Don't just allow the hospital to do theirs I beg you! So sorry msg you R.I.P," another commented.?
One followers said: "Needed a procedure because of headaches but then dies waiting? Was something ELSE going on they missed? How did this happen???"
"I just don't understand how this has happened I can't stop thinking about you," another said.?
?Jehane lived in South Yorkshire with her two boys sons Isaac, three, Elijah, one and in addition to her social media presence ran an arts and crafts business called Prink and Pack UK. The company took to its Facebook page to describe her as the "driving force" behind the company.
It read: "P&P would not be what it is today without you, your enthusiasm, the relationships you've built with so many people, and the lives of all the people you've touched and inspired by simply being youกญ and the absolute TikTok Queen that you are.
"Life will never be the same without you and neither will P&P, but we have made a pact to do our upmost the continue to grow our successful business and support your boys for as long as P&P is going - and I already know we've got the support of your followers too.
"Thank you for your ongoing support. Jehane will live on through her boys, P&P and her followers.
"Let's make her proud. Love and miss you always."
A fundraiser has been launched to raise funds for the care of Jehane's boys.
The NHS has been contacted for comment.
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