News : 11-year-old boy loses 65% of his skin, placed on life support after taking ibuprofen.....

An 11-year-old boy suffered 65 per cent burns to his body after suffering a horrific allergic reaction to the painkiller ibuprofen.

Calvin Lock reacted so severely to the over-the-counter medicine that he was put on a life support machine for three days and rushed to a specialist burns hospital.

The youngster, from Littleport, Cambridgeshire, is now making a good recovery after his terrifying brush with death.

Calvin’s ordeal began on September 26 when he was given the painkiller to tackle a viral infection. The schoolboy woke up the next morning with a rash on his face and a slight swelling to his ear.

Doctors mistakenly thought he had chickenpox and gave him more antibiotics which, the following day, had caused the swelling and rashes to spread across his body.

His parents, Robyn Moult, 38, and Daryn Chambers, 47, were told by NHS Direct that he was having an allergic reaction and that he should be taken to Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, urgently.

Doctors at the hospital also mistook his symptoms for chickenpox and sent him home with yet more antibiotics, which left him unable to walk, talk or see by the following morning.

Doctors initially thought Calvin had chickenpox and gave him antibiotics which, the following day, had caused the swelling and rashes to spread across his body.

Unable to breathe, Calvin was rushed back to Addenbrooke’s by his horrified parents.

There doctors eventually established that the stricken youngster had Stevens Johnson Syndrome – a potentially deadly skin disease that usually results from a drug reaction – and moved him into intensive care.

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen are well-known to cause this rare but very serious reaction.

Calvin was immediately put on a drip as medics started to treat more than 200 blisters that had appeared on his body. But his condition continued to deteriorate and he was put on a life support machine and transferred to a specialist burns unit at Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford, Essex.

Calvin’s devastated family were told he was critically ill and that his chances of survival were slim. Experts at Broomfield removed 65 per cent of his skin and his hair and fingernails also fell out as his life hung by a thread.

After two days and two operations, the schoolboy was finally able to breathe by himself. A week later, his feeding tube was removed and he could eat by himself again.

By October 19, he was allowed home for the first time in almost a month.

Calvin is now learning to walk again and his hair and nails are starting to regrow.

His mother Robyn said: ‘It has been a very tough time but Calvin is a little battler and we’re just so proud of him.’

The mother-of-four added: ‘We are now hoping to raise some money and raise awareness of this terrible condition, which is not as rare as people believe.’

Calvin loves football, karate and fishing and his soccer club, Littleport under-12s, are also staging special events to raise cash to back him..

News : 18 and already 7 ft 4.6 inches: Meet the world’s tallest teenager – See Photos....

Brenden Adams, 18, at 7 ft 4.6 inches is noted for holding the record for being the tallest teenager in the world. His father, Willie Adams, and mother, Debbie Ezell, first observed his extreme height condition when he was two months old.

Adam’s growth curve almost mimics that of Robert Wadlow‘s. Some doctors estimate he would have been over 8 feet tall (244 cm) if he kept growing constantly.

Doors and ceilings have been built higher at his home, friends and neighbours raised funds to help pay for a custom-made bed, and his mother has spent hours trawling the internet for affordable, over-sized school clothes.

News : Oh, Sandy: US storm sweeps through (PHOTOS).....

While it has been the butt of parody accounts, jokes, and analysis centered around the United States presidential election, the storm off the east coast has changed many lives – perhaps forever.

Below are some of its most striking photos. We can only hope people recover as quickly as is possible.

News : BREATHTAKING PHOTOS: 2012 MTN Lagos Fashion & Design Week..

On Wednesday 24th October 2012, the 2012 edition of the MTN Lagos Fashion & Design Week kicked off at the Convention Centre, Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos with an Opening Cocktail party, and ended Saturday 27th October 2012.

One of the most anticipated shows at this year’s edition of the MTN Lagos Fashion & Design Week was the presentation by British fashion brand,Matthew Williamson. The design team delved into the label’s archive and delivered a spectacular show. We are presented with feather dresses with sequined bodice, lacquer lace frocks, chiffon print dresses and blouses, leather cut-out frocks, Grecian-inspired floor length dresses and pant suits.Romantic, chic and graceful – this collection is a must-see!

Nigerian fashion label, Mai Atafo Inspired unveiled its Spring/Summer 2013 collection. The creative director, Ohimai Atafo kicked off his new collection presentation with ready-to-wear suits for men. Dapper-clad male models strut the runway in light and navy blue suits with dark and white pants. Immediately after showcasing the male collection, we were taken to the bridal world by the designer. For the label’s Weddings by MAI S/S 13 collection, we were presented with a white ball gown with a dramatic centre piece cut, a pink knee-length dress as well as lace gowns. The collection was accessorized with fascinators as well as elbow and waterfall veils. Check out the photos!

For its presentation, Nigerian design label Sunny Rose showed us the different sides of blue. The label’s creative head showcased models strutting the runway in print frocks, knee length dresses with sweetheart necklines and evening wears all in colour blue. Check out the runway photos!

Nigerian design label, Jewel by Lisa is always one to look out for during fashion week presentations. We were presented with lots of multi-coloured luxury print outfits which paid homage to the modern day Fulani girl. This Spring/Summer 2013 collection, according to the design label on twitter, is “A Modern day ode to the Fulani tribe”. From long dresses with thigh-high slits to knee length frocks with patterned cuts, this collection is a definitely must-see.

News : Hookers for Jesus? Meet the prostitute who has helped others turn to Jesus...

How can one be a prostitute and then be a “a virgin in Christ?”

Annie Lobert, an ex prostitute has appeared in a new video in which she shares how she became “a virgin in Christ”.

Before turning her life around, Lobert worked on the streets for 16 years. She is now a new woman in Christ and wants to help as many other women find their away to Jesus as possible.

Now 44 years old, Lobert who has survived cancer and drug addiction shares her story which starts with a troubled childhood, growing up in an abusive home. She admits to looking to boys at school to boost her self esteem. She tells a emotional story of getting intimate with a boy who told her he would marry her and then finding out he had told the same story to her best friends and they had all been intimate with him.

After high school graduation, at the tender age of 18, Lobert left home and went to Minneapolis. She says:

”I had to work three jobs to have my own place and buy a car. I thought if I had nice clothes and went to the clubs, maybe I could meet a rich guy that would sweep me off my feet and would take care of me like a prince would. I thought money was the answer to the deep seated, rooted unforgiveness towards my dad, towards that boy in school. I just wanted revenge.”

 She describes going into prostitution for the money. One night she says she and a friend sold themselves to some Japanese clients and that is how the prostitution started. Suddenly her $3.47 per hour wage, at her job, paled in comparison to the “$500 per hour with no attachment, no relationship, $1000 per hour, now it was $2000 per hour, it gave me this immense power and if you wanted me for the night it was $10,000.”

Annie Lobert

Lobert describes being beaten by a man who said he loved her, suffering through cancer and chemotherapy and overdosing on coke before finally realizing that she needed a savior.

”I went completely blind. It’s like the whole room, the light that was on in that room turned dark. And I remember lying there and I felt like this demonic presence just come over me… I knew it was over. And I saw my family, I saw my funeral, and I was in the coffin. And everybody was crying. They were wiping their faces, and they were saying, ‘She was just a prostitute.’

The former prostitute say she remembers calling out saying,

”Jesus, please save me. I do not know if you are real, but I don’t want to die. …And I knew that Jesus heard my prayer. And I laid there and I had this peace come over me,  that was nothing like I had ever felt in my entire life. I knew God gave me a second chance.”

After getting better, Lobert shared that she started reading her bible and reluctantly going to church. She felt reluctant because she was “an ex-prostitute.” In church she found that she was accepted and embraced.

In January 2005, Lobert founded Hooker For Jesus to help victims of  séx trafficking, séxual violence, and exploitation linked to pornography and the séx industry. In June 2009 her and Oz Fox, a guitarist in the heavy metal Christian band Stryper, got married.

Lobert concluded her story in just three lines:

“Little girl lost, thought no one loved her, thought no one wanted her, ran away from her castle. But God met her on that dark road. He said, ‘You can come home now. I am right here and I never left you.’”.

96-year-old man becomes dad, makes us think things we didn't want to.....

Ramjeet Raghav used to be the world's oldest dad, until his record was broken by … Ramjeet Raghav. The Indian farmer, now 96, is the father of a baby boy, the younger brother to the son he fathered in 2010. Ramjeet's wife, Shakuntala, is believed to be 60 years old, so there's some serious fertility going on. 'I am very capable of having more babies,' Ramjeet admitted (did that sound like a threat to anyone else?), but he's asked Shakuntala 'to be sterilized' so that they don't have any more kids. 'I will do my best to give them what they need in life,' Ramjeet said. Yeah, how about a dad who might get to see his children turn 10?

Hulk Hogan spares no pity, sues best friend over leaked X-rated romp...

Hulk Hogan is putting the smack down on the people he claims are responsible for creating (and then leaking) a sex tape of him. Hogan is suing his former best friend DJ Bubba 'The Love Sponge' Clem as well as Clem's ex-wife, Heather, for a whopping $100 million; Hogan claims he was illegally taped getting frisky with Heather. Hogan's also suing gossip website Gawker.com for showing footage from said naughty tape. In the suit, the wrestler claims he 'had a reasonable expectation of privacy in his consensual, intimate activities.' In other words, some variations of Hulkamania are not deemed intended for public viewing.