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  • Prayer Request: Daughter of knittnmom

    06/01/2009 8:30:04 AM PDT · by knittnmom · 104 replies · 1,822+ views
    My daughter, who posts as Ellendra, has had continuing health problems. Dizziness and brain fog started in October 2008 and continues to get worse. She's seen a neurologist, who had eegs, an ekg, and an mri done, which showed nothing. A throid test came back very high, so she's now on meds for that, but there's been no improvement yet. We suspect Lyme Disease, but tests so far have come back mostly negative. She's now seeing an integrative medicine specialist in another state, and we're waiting for results of about 20 different tests. Meanwhile, she keeps getting worse. Sometimes, her...
  • 12-Year-Old Maryland Girl Has Not Aged In Years

    05/13/2005 10:41:01 AM PDT · by LibWhacker · 124 replies · 7,513+ views
    BALTIMORE -- Imagine being frozen in time as a baby forever. It sounds impossible, but it describes Brooke Greenberg. The Baltimore-area girl may look like a baby, but she's nearly a teenager. In most respects, Brooke looks and acts like your average 6-month-old baby -- she weighs 13 pounds and she is 27 inches long. Brooke Greenberg, 12, weighs 13 pounds and is 27 inches long. But Brooke is actually 12 years old, reported WBAL-TV in Baltimore. Brooke doesn't age. Her syndrome remains undiagnosed and unnamed, and as far as doctors can tell, she is the only one in the...
  • Hong Kong hospital activates infectious disease procedures (UNDIAGNOSED RESPIRATORY DISEASE)

    11/16/2004 4:31:29 AM PST · by Mother Abigail · 8 replies · 577+ views
    News-Medical.Net Hong Kong hospital activates infectious disease procedures Posted By: News-Medical in Disease/Infection Published: Tuesday, 16-Nov-2004 The Caritas Medical Centre situated in Shamshuipo, Hong Kong has activated infectious disease procedures following the admission of four more children with respiratory illness symptoms. This brings the total number of cases at the hospital to 28. The Hospital Authority Chief Executive Dr William Ho said a series of new measures will be taken at the hospital immediately. They include: refusing any new child patients and transferring new cases to Princess Margaret Hospital; transferring infected patients to an isolation ward; disinfecting the premises thoroughly;...