A young girl from Swift Current, Sask., had waited three years for a life-saving bowel transplant — and just over a week ago, she got it.
Nine-year-old Bella Thomson was born with three rare conditions: dwarfism, severe combined immunodeficiency and Hirschsprung’s disease, which affects the bowel.
“I’m good,” Bella told CBC News from her hospital room in the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto — also known as SickKids.
Her positivity became an overnight sensation on TikTok in 2021, after her mother posted a video of her drawing a fox for a short story. She now has millions of followers on TikTok, including pop singer Halsey, who sent Bella
