“To this day I still remember my first encounter with multiple sclerosis. My family and I were at our lake house in Houghton Michigan. It was the morning of July third 2007; I had woken up in the bathroom, dazed and confused. Apparently I began vomiting in my sleep. My grandmother was the first to discover me in this state, and as a result, dragged me to the bathroom. I was only awake for a short while before I fell back asleep. The second time I woke up I was on the couch in my mother’s arms. Still very confused and unsure of the current situation, I asked my mother when we got a second TV in the living room. At this point it was very clear to my parents that something was very wrong. My mother was fast to contact my pediatrician back in our home town. He recommended that I be rushed to the hospital as fast as possible. …show more content…
After several, less severe, episodes, it was apparent that I was not suffering from ADEM. After it was clear to the Staff of Mott’s Children Hospital that Multiple Sclerosis was to blame, they suggested that I visit the Pediatric M.S. center in Baltimore Maryland. Much to our surprise, the facility refused to take me in as a patient, claiming that children cannot develop Multiple Sclerosis. This news was very hard for my family to endure. The battle had seemingly become more uphill than we first assumed. Some time passed, but fortunately enough, the Women’s, Children Pediatric M.S. Center of Buffalo New York reached out in hopes of helping me overcome my extremely rare medical