A young mum is suffering from a bone disease so rare she is the third person in the world to be diagnosed.

Samantha Tregunno, 32, was struck down a year ago when she fell ill while on holiday in Benidorm, Spain.

She was unable to walk without feeling excruciating pain and was diagnosed with acute translucent osteoporosis.

The condition is so rare, she is the only case in the UK and NHS doctors have had to resort to googling it to find out more about this extremely rare disease.

Because there are no case studies, they are unsure whether they can give her a hip replacement or any other treatment, so Samantha’s family has pulled together to raise funds.

But there's hope for the mother of two, as her family are holding a fun day at the Three Horseshoes Pub in Mongeham, today, to pay for a consultation where she can find out about treatment options.

Live music, a bouncy castle, face painting an an Elvis impersonator will help towards raising the cash.

“One day she was going to work and loving her job as a personal assistant support worker and then she suddenly couldn’t work” - Michelle Lee

Her mum Michelle Lee said: “My dad has emphysema and has trouble breathing.

“We had booked a mobility scooter for him, but Sam had to use it. She has been in pain ever since.

“One day she was going to work and loving her job as a personal assistant support worker and then she suddenly couldn’t work.”

Samantha is now registered disabled, she is reliant on a wheelchair and crutches, her partner Tristan Baker had to give up work to care for her and she takes morphine and oramorph regularly.

Mrs Lee says she has been passed between doctors and specialists and has so far got no answers.

The cash they collect at the fun day will pay for a consultation at the private Benenden Hospital, where she will find out what treatment is available to her.