Mum Who Survived 3 Bullets Now Lives With Her Intestines Hanging Outside (Photos)

32-year-old Takieyah Reaves, from Newark, New Jersey, now lives with her intestines hanging out of her abdomen after she survived a horrific nightclub shooting.

The mother-of-two cheated death in July 2017 after she survived being shot twice on her stomach and right leg by a random attacker who opened fire at a crowd of night clubbers, injuring three people.

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One of the bullets reportedly tore her stomach wide open, and she had to undergo an intensive surgery to repair her damaged intestines.

After doctors stitched her up, it was impossible to close her stomach because of the size of her injuries. She now has to live with a gaping hole in her stomach with her intestines completely exposed.

Takieyah’s mother, Tammi Reaves-Duncan had nursed her as she recovered, she even entered into depression due to her “deformity.” 

Takieyah talking about the day she was shot; 

“I thought I was dying and I was so scared about leaving my kids without a mom. It was super scary and really painful, it felt like fire was running through my veins. 

“I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time, the guy was firing off gunshots and I was stood in the doorway. I didn’t even realize I had been shot at first, but then I collapsed.” 

According to her, people think she's pregnant because of the size of her scar. 

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“lt will get patched up properly, but it has been left open and exposed ever since it happened. It bulges and I am constantly asked if I am pregnant when I go out. People ask me if it’s a boy or a girl and I then have to explain everything,” she said. 

Takieyah lost 4.5 liters of blood and defied death to survive the shooting.

Doctors created a makeshift lining for Takieyah’s stomach by using skin from her leg. After three years of living with an open wound, Takieyah is due to have her stomach stitched back together for good, at the end of June this year.