Posted on 12/28/2016 6:04:10 PM PST by heterosupremacist
It started when Jasmin Floyd was on her way to kindergarten and complained of a stiff neck.
The family had just moved to Connecticut, but it turned out to be the beginning of the mother and daughter’s worst nightmare — it was when Floyd’s body began trapping her inside itself.
Floyd was diagnosed with FOP (Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva), which is known as the mannequin disease, according to CNN.
It is causing Floyd to grow a second skeleton, as her ligaments and muscle slowly turn to bone.
It’s a rare disease that affects 1 in two million people and it is slowly immobilizing Floyd.
There are only 700 confirmed cases in the whole world and flare-ups, growing unnecessary bone, happen spontaneously and usually after things like immunizations, falls, and viral illnesses.
Surgery to get bone removed can make the condition worse because more bone will continue to grow around the healing wound.
Floyd’s shoulders were the first to freeze up, and now the 23-year-old is doing everything she possibly can with the movement she has left, she even loves washing dishes.
Floyd told CNN she was told she would live until she was 45, and bone was now growing around her rib cage.
“Even though my lungs are healthy, the area around them is not,” she said.
She wrote on her blog, “One Spirit. Two Skeletons,” she had a sudden flare up of FOP in April and began to lose movement in her jaw.
“In just three months I went from having over one inch of jaw mobility to less than one centimeter,” she said.
“This progression affected many aspects of my life — primarily my diet, but also talking at length and being able to brush my teeth. I’m still working on adapting to the changes and figuring things out.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
I would agree...first full grand mal seizure...no warning...no conclusions found. Its like it never happened...i dont recall a rhing.
And in other “news” Thanksgiving will be on Monday this year.
It’s just you and you shouldn’t insult peoples so vilely.
That used to be called “petrification” or “Ossification” and there were examples in circus sideshows and PT Barnum provided at least one with a living.
We have learned (through tragic experience) that doctors don’t always do what is best for the patient.
We will never be as trusting of doctors again.
Bookmarked.
It's coming up on a year and there are zero detectable effects. A strong attitude and belief in God did more than medical science for her.
Isn’t this the theme of the movie ‘Mask’ starring Cher about 40 years ago? It seems that it was just his head that was going extra bone.
Some are smaller than others.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.