Aussie influencer Allanah Alison gives heartbreaking update on why her little girl suddenly fell into a prolonged coma Aussie mum revealed her daughter's rare diagnosis She thanked well-wishers for their support READ MORE: Medical breakthrough discovered in babies from Aussie city By Brett Lackey For Daily Mail Australia Published: 07:31, 13 August 2024 | Updated: 07:33, 13 August 2024 e-mail View comments A little girl who suddenly fell into a prolonged coma despite 'all the medical evidence showing she should be awake and well' has been diagnosed with a rare condition. The girl's mum, Allanah Alison (also known as Allanah Harris), shared a heartbreaking update on Sunday explaining her daughter Daisy has tuberous sclerosis and has fallen into a comatose state for more than 100 hours. The condition causes non-cancerous tumours to grow on the brain and other vital organs, which then in turn causes other complications such as seizures and developmental delays.
The lifestyle influencer told her 223,000 followers that her once 'bright and bubbly' toddler was diagnosed with the condition in June after she noticed what she suspected were absent seizures, which appear as 'staring spells' in children. The mum-of-four said these became more frequent, with Daisy having multiple seizures a day, and when she insisted she be tested in hospital she was 'diagnosed with epilepsy on the spot'. The doctors later found the cause of the epilepsy was tuberous sclerosis after doing a brain scan, w.