CONWAY, S.C. (WBTW) — Brittany Wheeler was just 16 years old when she began college at Coastal Carolina University, but a life-changing stomach tumor kept her from graduating until she was 27 years old.
Wheeler said she spent three semesters at CCU before losing half her body weight and collapsing on campus at 18 years old. She left school and was diagnosed with a large stomach tumor in 2017.
Over six years, Wheeler said she overcame a near-fatal lung disease, had more than 100 hospitalizations and stayed in 15 different hospitals across the country, sometimes for months at a time…