Anorexia is a serious eating disorder. It can destroy a person’s life, just like it did for actress Rachael Farrokh. Prior to her battle with anorexia, she was a beautiful, active, healthy woman. She even met her husband, Rod Edmondson, while he was working as a personal trainer at her gym. Rachael said that she wanted to drop a few pounds to get better abs. As her disorder spiraled out of control, she saw her weight drop from a healthy 125 pounds to a much lower number. In recent months, it dropped to below 50 pounds. If she doesn’t get the help she needs, she could die. So she and Rod reached out through social media.
On a dedicated GoFundMe page, Rod explained that the area hospitals have refused to treat his wife because her severely low weight makes her a “liability.” In her latest YouTube video, Rachael reveals that the nearly $200,000 raised by the public has paid for a “handpicked” team of medics to treat her at her bedside in Southern California. After she builds up her strength by slowly increasing her calorie intake, she hopes to be treated at the ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders at Denver Health Medical Center in Colorado.
As you will see in the video, the severe decline in health has left Rachael too weak to move around on her own. Because of this, Rod had been forced to quit his job and become her 24-hour caregiver.
“She is at a critical point,” the GoFundMe page states. “She has had multiple blood transfusions, blood clots, edema and has suffered heart, liver and kidney failure already.”
Check out Rachael’s GoFundMe page and her story in the video below.
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Anorexic Actress Rachael Farrokh Says Only One Hospital Can Help Her
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