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Breea's Story with MS (Neuro Note 3)

For this neuro note, I wanted to look into someone's story coping with Multiple Sclerosis because although it is a disease that you may often hear about, I wanted to know more.  I decided to watch a YouTube video about a girl named Breea who was diagnosed with severe onset MS her senior year of high school. One day she woke up feeling off balance and not like her normal self. By the time she woke up the next morning, Breea was experiencing paralysis in her left arm and leg, as well as blindness in her left eye. She also had a lot of difficulty swallowing and speaking. She was taken to the hospital and spent about three months there working with doctors and receiving therapy. 

 What struck me most about Breea's story was the immense amount of support she had from friends and family. She was a cheerleader at her high school and seemed to have a lot of great friends who constantly visited her and helped make light of her situation. Breea's mom was recording most of the video footage throughout the video, and she seemed to be by her daughter's side through the entire process. A solid support system can make an immeasurable difference in a situation like Breea's. 

 As she states in the video, she could have sat and had a pity party, but that would not heal her lesions. With constant hard work and therapy, which she continued at home after discharge from the hospital, she was able to walk again and was even doing a backbend with the help of her mom. They celebrated every little milestone that was accomplished along the way, knowing that even small improvements would lead to victory over her diagnosis. I think that Breea's story is very inspirational and shows that the amount of hard work you put into fighting a disease like MS, the more likely you will thrive with it. The video ended with Breea beginning her freshman year of college where she also joined a sorority. Breea did not let Multiple Sclerosis run her life, instead she ran with it. 

 Multiple Sclerosis-Breea's Story.wmv. (September 8, 2012.). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfD9s1_TN0s

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