Little Girl Miraculously Recovers After Herpes Nearly Destroyed Her Face

The only painful suffering a young child should ever have to deal with is the trauma of the occasional skinned knee or a tummy ache.

That’s why it’s so horrifying to think that three-year-old Sienna Duffield was in terrible pain for over a year after a peck on the lips from a family member caused her to get something far, far worse.

Doctors mistakenly thought the toddler had eczema or severe allergies when she first developed painful, itchy blisters near her mouth around October 2015. When the little girl’s condition worsened and she stopped eating her mother Savina French-Bell rushed her to the hospital.

“Sienna was being eaten alive by her skin infection,” her mother Savina French-Bell, 21, said to Click on Detroit. “It came out of nowhere on her second birthday when she started developing ulcers in her mouth. She stopped eating and every day for eight months was horrific. There was always blood on her clothes and I was scared to take her outside.”

After doctors prescribed multiple rash creams, it became clear that no over-the-counter ointment could cure the little girl’s severe infection. “For eight months, no antibiotics were working as the infection kept coming back and her face was being ravaged,” said Savina. “I was told she may have allergies to something, so I kept her away from pets and made sure she no longer consumed any dairy products.”

That’s when it became clear that Sienna didn’t just have an infection, she had Herpes Simplex, an incurable STD.

“I realized that she kissed a family member last year which brought on the infection,” Savina said to Click on Detroit. “Everyone in the family was distraught.”

Savina revealed she had to wash her daughter’s clothes and sheets constantly because her sensitive skin was covered in blood and pus from the never ending itching.

“It started to look like someone had thrown acid over her face, it spread from her mouth to her cheeks, and above her eyes,” Savina said. “People would give us horrible looks, children would stare and adults would make nasty comments.

Thankfully, one antibiotic finally worked for the little girl and her herpes has gone through a dormant period. The distraught mom shared her story to help other parents searching for answers. “Her face took so long to heal because her body was so weak,” Savina said.

“For the past few months Sienna’s face has looked amazing and the infection has not returned,”she continued.

“There is always a chance of it coming back, but fingers crossed it won’t happen and her skin will stay as good as it is now. It’s great to be able to go outside and not get any horrible comments from anyone.”

Please visit this GoFundMe page to help Sienna and SHARE this little girl’s triumphant story with friends on Facebook today.

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