Influencer Lexi Reed is celebrating a big step in her journey to recovery.
The 31-year-old told her Instagram followers, “I’m officially off of dialysis & port free!”
She said that she first started dialysis two months ago after suffering “complete kidney failure to the point they were saying I needed a transplant if they didn’t improve.”
Reed continued, “However since my labs showed my kidneys were actually improving the last few times my kidney doctor put my diaylsis [sic] on hold and ran more labs to make sure my kidney levels stayed in the normal range and told me it was time to stop the dialysis. Today I had my port removed and thankfully it hurt less to remove the port than wearing the port itself.”
She also reflected on the “emotional experience” she has endured in recent months. She told her followers that she is “grateful for all this body has done for me despite the good and bad times.”
“I still have a long way to go in this new part of my journey with my health, struggles, and even some unanswered questions – but happy to still be going in the right direction after such a scare this year,” she added. “Thank you to everyone for all the prayers and kind words because they’re helping!”
The weight loss influencer was rushed to ED on January 20 after four days of being unable to keep any food down. Eventually, her blood sugar dropped and her organs started to fail. Her doctors had to put her on a ventilator and in a medically induced coma.
Reed returned home after almost a month in the hospital. However, at the time, she was unable to walk because one of her legs got numb and swollen. She used to undergo dialysis three times a week for three-and-a-half hours.
Last month, Reed told PEOPLE about her life prior to her health scare.
She said, “The days leading up, I could go to the gym, I could go on walks. I felt healthy, like nothing was wrong with me. And then just all overnight, my kidneys are failing, I’m in a coma and I’m in the hospital. And then now I can’t walk. It completely just did a 360 to my life.”
