Olivia Flowers is opening up about her bro Conner Flowers‘ unforeseen death.
According to the Southern Charm star, the coroner ruled that her 32- year-old brother or sister passed away from an unintentional overdose of fentanyl onJan 30, years after being recommended opioids to deal with persistent discomfort originating from his long time fight with Lyme illness.
“My brother hated talking about his illness,” she informed People in an interview releasedNov 1. “So many people, even in his close circle, didn’t know about his Lyme.”
Lyme illness is a health problem brought on by the borrelia germs that is frequently sent through the bite of a contaminated tick, according to the Centers of Disease Control andPrevention Symptoms variety from fever, headache and tiredness to major infections in the heart and nerve system if left without treatment.
Olivia stated “debilitating” signs of Conner’s Lyme illness initially appeared when he was15 Though the household rapidly looked for assistance from different physician, she remembered that “Conner was just told over and over, ‘It’s all in your head, you’re fine'” and was offered pain relievers and medication for his involved stress and anxiety rather.
“He started depending, at a very young age, on this prescription medicine to feel normal,” Olivia kept in mind. “And we as a family started to see this toll it took on his body.”
