July 14, 2024
From birth to adulthood, Sherri Jones’ life has been both unusual and rare.
The 54-year-old resident of Red Deer, Alta., was born despite her mom using an intrauterine device — a one-in-100 occurrence.
“The IUD apparently had gotten stuck on her bladder, and it penetrated her bladder, which is why she was able to conceive,” Jones told Global News in an interview.
The IUD, which hadn’t caused any major problems for her mom’s pregnancy, was later surgically removed several months after Jones’ birth, she said.
From the age of three or four, Jones says she has been struggling with a series of health problems, such as leg pain, a speech impediment, vision issues and slow bladder development.
As she got older, she started feeling pain in other joints of her body.
Read more: https://globalnews.ca/news/10620363/iud-woman-birth-rare-diseases-alberta/