Michelle and Debs became friends while Michelle was travelling in Australia in her twenties. Three years later, Debs was involved in a car accident in October 2003 and was taken to the hospital with a swollen stomach and severe pain. The accident caused Debs to develop pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP), a rare type of cancer also known as “jelly belly.” Sadly, Debs passed away just six months after the diagnosis at the young age of 29.
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