I EAT THROUGH MY VEINS <br />WITH VID AND PIX <br />BY MOLLY MCMAHON AND SHANNON PICKETT<br />A young woman has revealed how her rare illness means she now “eats through her veins.”<br />Evie Toombes from Thorpe, UK, shared a viral video explaining how she receives all her meals and vital nutrients through a tube that feeds directly into her heart.<br />The 23-year-old plugs into a tube straight into her heart to stay alive, and she even jokes about using a coat hanger as a makeshift drip stand.<br />She said: “Now I use a coat hanger as a drip stand, which I personally think is genius.<br />“So, this line goes into a large vein above my heart and technically I eat through my veins with it.”<br />Evie told how she was fitted with a Hickman line just weeks ago, a tube that feeds directly into a vein above her heart.<br />She needs it for potassium infusions and tube feeds that replace regular meals.<br />On a rare trip away from home, she scrubbed and sterilised like “a maniac” to keep herself safe.<br />The routine means using so many alcohol wipes she claims her room “smells like an operating theatre.”<br />She laughs about never being able to pack light but admits packing a drip stand might be a step too far.<br />Instead, she props up her lifeline with a humble hanger and keeps her “Meals on Wheels” flowing.<br />She said: “It’s my first time away from home with my new Hickman line that was placed a couple of weeks ago.<br />“By this point, I’ve used enough alcohol wipes to make my room smell like an operating theatre.<br />“It’s no secret that I can never pack light, but packing a drip stand does seem excessive.<br />“Everything is up and running and my version of Meals on Wheels is sorted for the evening.”<br />ENDS
