Reality star Louise Thompson has said a new Lego character with an ostomy bag is “so important” as she will “help children engage in a dialogue around visible and non-visible disabilities”. The former Made In Chelsea star, who has a stoma bag, hopes that Sara, one of the disabled figures who features in the Lego Group’s Friends sets, will help to educate people about the subject. Thompson, 34, who has suffered a string of health issues since the birth of her son Leo in 2021, revealed in April that she had undergone surgery for a stoma, which Colostomy UK describes as an opening on the surface of the abdomen surgically created to divert the flow of faeces or urine.
Louise Thompson putting together a Lego set (Louise Thompson/PA) “They’re fundamental in their development. They shape their view of what they see. “And I think, to include a little character like Sara, who’s got an ostomy bag – so accurately as well, designed with the team of specialists, and also other stoma wearers to make sure that the bag’s in the right place, and the abdominal scar and everything.
“It’s so important because it will help children engage in a dialogue around visible and non-visible disabilities.” “At home, we make a really big effort to try and normalise it around my son”, she added. Thompson underwent stoma surgery as she battles a chronic bowel condition, ulcerative colitis, which leads to parts of the gut becoming swollen and inflamed.
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