One of the last times I posted here on Blogger, it was about our retreat back in September. For my dear friend Sheri, who was one of my roommates that weekend, it was just the beginning of a very long journey. Just before we left for Casa Grande, Sheri's daughter Kaycee's left shoulder started to move on its own. They didn't think it was anything too serious at the time and even joked about how funny it looked. Sheri showed us a video clip on her cell phone. We'll, to make a long story very short, this was not the end. Since the day the first tremor began in Kaycee's left shoulder, a new tremor has begun every two weeks almost to the day and hour. These tremors are cumalative, so none of them have stopped. All tremors are located unilaterally on her left side. She has tremors now in her shoulder, eye/cheek, throat, bicep, stomach, fingers, thigh and calf. She has had CT scans, MRIs, EEGs and was in the hospital after her throat tremor started but is doing okay right now. She is walking with a cane but is not backing off from living the life of a 15 year old. She played at her piano recital the other night, even though it wasn't perfect. She just earned her learner's permit today and is very excited about that. She is still going out and being social and even laughing about her circumstances. She is tired from the medication that is supposed to ease her tremors. She has been seen by numerous neurologists. They are all baffeled and have never seen anything like this before. She will go to the Mayo Clinic in January for a more extensive EEG. The family knows that in another week (the two week mark), another tremor will likely rear its ugly face.
Here's where you come in...please pray for Kaycee, her family and her doctors. We are praying for a diagnosis, cure or that it will just go away and that she will be healed!! I will write updates on my blog as I learn anything new. Thanks for praying for Kaycee!
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