Monica Deyanira Cabrera Barajas has opened up about a terrifying health ordeal that left her hospitalized for several months and nearly cost her life.
Sharing her story on TikTok, Monica revealed that the incident began after she believed she accidentally inhaled a ring while sleeping.
According to her, the small ball attached to the ring later came loose, which led to serious complications in her body.
The situation quickly escalated, forcing her to spend months in the hospital as doctors worked to stabilize her condition.
Reflecting on the experience, she said: “The only theory I have, which I told the pulmonologist, is that I fell asleep, the little ball fell out, and that was it.
“I was lying on my back, I didn’t realise, and that’s how I messed up.
“I was honestly thinking, ‘I’m going to die.
“It’s a horror I wouldn’t wish on anyone.
“It ended up taking an hour and 20 minutes and they still couldn’t remove it because it was attached to my body.”
“The pulmonologist told me, ‘It seems God takes care of his creatures.
“It was only 0.5 millimetres from my aorta.
“The truth is, if that had perforated without warning, I would have likely died from lung collapse or because my aorta had also been perforated.
“I won’t lie, the night before the surgery, I wrote a farewell letter because I was so afraid of dying, and I spent the whole time listening to ‘That’s the Way It Is’ by Daniel Lanois.
“I love piercings, and I really liked my septum piercing, but in my case, I wouldn’t get it again because of the terror I experienced.
“It’s something I wouldn’t wish on anyone.
“This story isn’t meant to scare or demonise piercings, it’s simply to encourage caution and awareness that this can happen.”
