Fans of quadriplegic influencer Steph Aiello were left shocked after she revealed the challenges she faces by urinating through her belly button on a clip uploaded last Friday (September 27).
“This is one of the most brutal surgeries I have had,” the model, who became paralyzed from the waist down following a car accident in 2010, said about the Mitrofanoff Procedure, which has allowed her to go pee anywhere by inserting a catheter into her belly button.
The surgery involves creating a tube using tissues extracted from either the appendix or intestines to create a tube connecting the bladder to the belly button. “It was worth the pain and struggle for independence,” Aiello wrote.
