Samantha Harris, 18, needs surgery urgently to prevent her twisted spine from crushing her internal organs
Samantha Harris was diagnosed with scoliosis aged just seven
A teenager needs emergency surgery to save herself from a spine that is to twisted it is crushing her to death from the inside.
Samantha Harris has been suffering from scoliosis - abnormal curvature of the spine - since she was seven-years-old.
She says she was initially given a back brace but stopped wearing it because she was bullied at school.
The problem got worse but Samantha says she was unable to have surgery because she was underweight.
Sam, who lives in Brisbane, Australia, could have had an operation when she gained weight but then suffered anxiety.
Now aged 18, time is running out.
An astonishing x-ray she posted on a fundraising page shows Sam's spine is now bent at 112 degrees.
Without surgery, it will eventually begin to crush her internal organs until she dies.
Sam, who now struggles to walk more than 100metres, told the Courier-Mail: "The top of my spine is bent one way and the bottom of my spine is bent the other way.
"It’s starting to crush my lungs, so I only have 30 per cent lung capacity in one of them.
"If I don’t get this surgery, I will die. It’s scary, but I’m not going to let it happen."
Sam is now trying to raise around £12,000 for spinal fusion surgery.
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