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Now on to more important things...
My good friend Becca is very, very sick, and needs all the prayers she can get!
I'm not so good at explaining her condition, so I will include a note that her sister has posted regarding her disease:
September 13th
Last night my sister began experiencing right sided numbness and pain. As her husband Wade started driving her to the hospital her speech began to fail. He called an ambulance and they brought her the rest of the way to the hospital. She had a CT done and they have found that she has very severe swelling in spinal cord-Transverse Myelitis. This is most likely due to her immune-meditated disease (Behcet's). Basically her body is attacking itself/overreacting to some stimulus at the level of the spinal cord. She received a major dose of steroids and was able to talk better last night, but then this morning she began to have trouble breathing. This is an indication the the myelitis is spreading and now affecting nerves that help control breathing & the diaphragm. She is now anesthetized and on a ventilator that will breath for her. She has to be anesthetized or else her body would fight being on the ventilator.Currently she is having an MRI & CSF tap done- hopefully we will know a little bit more about her situation when the results are in.Right now we just don't know much about what to expect for her future: Things could turn out just fine or her body could continue to overreact and ultimately cause paralysis or even death. For those of you that don't know her: She has a 2 year old son, a 9 month old daughter and a wonderful husband. She is one of the most selfless people in my life- a very talented and precious spirit. Please let everyone know she needs our prayers right now. That is the most effective thing we can do to help her.
Becca, with her daughter, Eliza, in Feb. 2009
Please keep her in your prayers!
that is awful. i am so sorry to hear this....i will certainly keep her and her family in my prayers and I will spread the news as well. chin up girl and continue to be a wonderful friend :)
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