Living with Guillain-Barre Syndrome

okay so i just got married here in the springs in feb. i got pregnant around apirl.. i was in and out of the hosptial with really bad morning sickness and just being dehydrated. we found out on july 11, 2008 that we had a miscarriage, on my husband’s birthday. i delivered the dead fetus in my lap right before the doctors pushed me down to actually get the DNC.

i eventually was okay for probably 3 days then got a UTI which was nothing to extreme to me. well a couple days like i was getting really dizzy and i started getting weak. i could barely get out of the tub without the help of my husband and if i did it myself id immediatly had to lay down. i soon started noticing my vision was blurry. i was sent to the ER and had a bunch of test done on me, x-rays, CT scan, spinal tap, blood work. it was horrible.

August 9, 2008 i was diagnoised with Guillain-Barre Syndrome. i had no clue what was happening, if i was going to die or what. i was sent to the rehab unit for physical therpy. i lived in the hospital for 2 months. things did get better, i went from using a sliding board to get to my wheelchair to now being able to stand up and slow transfer to it. i can walk with a walker or some kind of support to hold on too. its a little shaky but its getting there. so things do get better in time, trust me. im only 19 so it was really unexpected, everything.