Woman, 20, with a 100° vertebrae was given just 24hours to live

A woman was given just 24 hours to live after her severely curved spine started to crush the nerves in her backbone. Katie still suffers from kyphosis and scoliosis despite enduring 20 surgeries Pictured left in 2010 at Disneyland, Katie relearnt how to walk but still occasionally requires a wheelchair to get around. After years of hating her looks, she has finally learned to embrace her unique appearance and shows it off in pictures Katie is proud she can walk again after doctors gave it just a two per cent chance The second surgery seemed to go to plan until, in February 2011, Katie began falling and lost feeling in her legs. 'At the time I was given twenty-four hours to live, spent three weeks in intensive care, 10 weeks laid flat and five months in hospital,' Katie said. While she recovered from the ordeal, Katie was fed via a NG tube Katie still suffers pain, fatigue and breathing difficulties years later Once home, she endured two years of rehabilitation before being able to walk again.