A mother has told how her 'perfectly normal little girl' has been left unable to walk or talk - after eating tuna every day. Lindsey Grant, 30, is adamant the reason for her daughter Lexi-Mae's deteriorating condition is because of the canned tuna she used to eat on an almost daily basis. The mother-of-three, from Hull, said: 'I am convinced it's down to mercury intoxication. 'I read something somewhere about a woman who had the same symptoms as Lexi, and she ate tuna everyday and it turned out to be mercury intoxication. 'The doctors haven't tested her for that yet but I'm sure that's what it is...I know I could be wrong but I'm sure that's what it is. She used to eat tuna daily. 'She's has had endless blood tests, MRIs, CTs, skin biopsy, lumber puncture, EEGs EMGs, PET scans, but nothing is showing up. None of the hospitals have seen this before.' Lexi-Mae was 'perfectly fine' until one morning three years ago which changed everything. Ms Grant said: 'Lexi was born fine, everything was normal, until she was about five. She got an ear infection and the doctor put her on antibiotics. 'But the next morning when she woke up it was like she had had a stroke, her face was lopsided and she couldn't move. 'We immediately took her to Hull Royal Infirmary and she was on the high-dependency unit for about two weeks, but doctors couldn't explain what was wrong with her. 'It has been very difficult, she has lost all of her abilities and the doctors can't understand why. 'She has been like a guinea pig for different treatments but none of them have done anything. I have taken her off the medication because it wasn't changing what was happening.' Lexi is now eight and been subject to several tests and scans. Despite numerous hospital appointment in Leeds, Hull and at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital, doctors remain baffled by what the cause could be. Ms Grant said: 'The next step the hospitals want is surgery but I won't sign the consent forms, I want her to be tested for the mercury intoxication. 'I want the doctors to take me seriously about it. 'They tell me it can't be that and they think that I am crazy. I believe that I could be right.' Ms Grant said Lexi's illness has had a profound impact on the family. She said: 'It's awful. She used to sing, she used to dance, she used to be a really really funny, perfectly normal little girl. 'But now she has lost all her abilities. She can't even say 'mam'. 'It is heartbreaking for everybody, she is trapped in her own body. 'It's such a shame, her brain is all there, but she can't move. She was watching some children dance at a friend's party the other day and she burst out crying because she can't do it. 'She used to always sing and dance and was so happy. 'I hold hope that she will get better. If you can't have hope, you have nothing. 'She has to go to school in a pram while she watches her little brother go in on his bike. 'She also flares up in psoriasis now, and that's caused by stress because she's so upset about what has happened to her.' Ms Grant is desperate to hear from someone who might know what the cause is and how to help her daughter. She said: 'Someone, somewhere must have seen this before. 'I'm just at the end of my tether and don't know how to help my little girl.'
