The breaking point came in March 2023, when Kelaia shared thoughts of suicide with a friend. Just five days later, her mother discovered her hanging in her bedroom. Paramedics resuscitated her after she was clinically dead for eight minutes. Kelaia spent over three months in the hospital, including 31 days in intensive care, but emerged profoundly disabled. She now relies on a tracheostomy tube, a feeding tube, and remains nonverbal, requiring full-time care.
