I put on 30kgs just to stay alive after 100 hospital stays in 5 years – doctors brushed me off as ‘just anxious’

A FORMER ballet dancer defied death after her doctors dismissed her asthma for “just anxiety” at least “100 times”.

Katie’s asthma was so severe that it completely dominated her life.

Katie was hospitalised with severe asthma at least 100 times in just five yearsSupplied She put on 30 kilos, taking strong steroids just to keep her aliveSupplied

The now 23-year-old was forced to give up dancing, her dream of becoming a nurse and her social life after the disease almost killed her 50 times.