Earlier this week, Jenna came to us and said in class on Monday her face felt like it was drooping and her speech was abnormal as well as her hand being shaky.
Tuesday and Wednesday she felt she was stuttering a bit and didn't have proper hand/eye coordination. She also had difficulty holding her pen and writing her name. Bob and I also noticed her speech was a bit sluggish?
We took her to Covenant on Wednesday and they did a CATscan followed by an MRI on Thursday. The doctor's office called this morning and asked us to come in to meet the doctor to get the results.
We learned that Jenna has 2 lesions on her brain. His first thought is that it is juvenile multiple sclerosis,although this is very unusual. Best case scenario is that is post viral meaning the lesions could be a result from bad cold she had recently. That would mean these symptoms are temporary.
Right now, Jenna is getting the first of 5 IV treatments of solumedrol to kill the inflammation. She will have further test next week to confirm the diagnosis.
We were so thankful to learn it wasn't a brain tumor or cancer or something of that nature. We realize MS is not the best news ever, we consider it a blessing and are praising our merciful God!
Please pray for us as we go throughg this trial, not only for healing but that we will accept this situation we have been placed in and that we will be changed by it, for His glory.
2 Cor 12:9-10
9 But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Bob & Janice Hewitt