College

I think I got into Washburn University! New Student Orientation on the 24th of June! Now I have to pick which Gen Ed to tackle first!

yes

http://thedailywh.at/2011/05/21/shark-eat-shark-world-of-the-day/

Thank you soo much Emily, for showing me the vid and supplying the pic.:)

Gon' GRADUATE!

So, after an embarrassingly long 7 years, I am graduating high school. I, know, big deal. But it totally is for me! The first two years were ok, I passed most of my classes, I didn't skip too much, and I seemed to do ok. But then junior year happened, and my grades really slipped, and I slowly stopped going. By senior year, I went for the first couple weeks, then lost interest. I went sporadically throughout the rest of the year, but passed most of the classes. My second senior year was much, much worse. I went the first day, maybe week, and stopped. I simply could not handle that everyone I was a senior with, all my friends, were done. They had all graduated. So I dropped out, figuring I would graduate somehow. I enrolled in New Directions Diploma Completion Center. I had 5 credits to complete, two English, two Math, one extra curricular. It took two and a half years, but I finally did it. I am walking the stage in May and applying to college. Finally:)

Coming to terms

Now, more than a year after onset, I am coming to terms with the long term complications. I will more than likely always wear AFOs. I will never have the stamina or "grace" that I had before. My joints will occasionally ache and hurt from time to time. I will soldier on and live my life to the fullest. :)

Home Sweet Hospital

So, it begins again. I'm in Progressive Care Unit at KU Med Center, room 6213. Current thought is that I'm having a recurrence of the GBS or I have CIDP, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy, basically chronic GBS. Neither is positive. Nothings really happening tonight, just IV fluids, start IVIG again either tonight or in the morning, and then Lumbar Puncture in the morning. We'll hopefully know more tomorrow after tests and such. It may be that I transfer to a different hospital. We'll see.

AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!

All I can think, is this is crap. I'm headed back to KU Med tomorrow to try and figure out what is going on. I'm relapsing and my numbness is again ascending, it's at my mid thigh. I guess it's back to the blog. :(

Things:)

ARE GOING GREAT!!!! Just today I found that my kick out is at about 80% !!!!!! I'm flipping out! OMG! I actually teared up because I hadn't measured it or my progress in a while so when one of my docs asked me this morning, I surprised myself and everyone else. I can just about straighten both legs, with the right one a little better than the left. This means that the next time we go to KC for an appointment(in two weeks), I get to walk in with my braces and give everyone cookies!! I would also like to say that the amount of weight I've lost now surpasses the amount I now weigh. I was 275, I am now 134. i win:)