Sunday 19th of May 2024
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mystery illness....

 

grace

Five weeks ago Grace Yeats was a normal, happy child.

Today she is in Starship children's hospital in Auckland, unable to move or talk because of an unknown brain disease.The Carterton community have rallied to support the 10-year-old, who played hockey, Rippa rugby and athletics before she was struck down by the mystery illness just over a month ago.As Grace's parents, Stephen and Tracy, maintain a vigil by their daughter's bed at Starship, friends and supporters have begun a trust to raise money for the family of six.The Grace Yeats Trust hopes to raise $NZ50,000."Grace will soon need to start intensive rehabilitation before she and her family can return to Carterton to start the long journey back to normal life," says a poster on the Carterton Information Centre website.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/grace-facing-long-journey-after-being-struck-with-mystery-brain-illness-20120626-20z3m.html#ixzz1yt7jFDGZ

I am not a doctor but i'd be looking for Guillain–Barré syndrome, sometimes Landry's paralysis or Guillain–Barré-Strohl syndrome — an acute polyneuropathy, a disorder affecting the peripheral nervous system.

Ascending paralysis, weakness beginning in the feet and hands and migrating towards the trunk, is the most typical symptom, and some subtypes cause change in sensation or pain as well as dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system. It can cause life-threatening complications, in particular if the respiratory muscles are affected or if there is autonomic nervous system involvement. The disease is usually triggered by an infection.

I could be wrong....

undiagnosed illness ...

I only posted this just in case...